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2017 This years cruise will be to the north of Bella Bella and south of Prince Rupert... But first a trip to the Panama Canal! |
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 On our way, Miami at sunset 
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Welcome to Aruba! |
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 Entering the Canal from the Atlantic side |
 The new Bridge of the Americas |
 Amazing construction scale |
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 The new lock for the Pana-Class ships |
 The first lock and its towing rail cars |
 first step of the 85' elevation rise |
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 An oil tanker next to us in the locks |
 A look back to the Atlantic side |
 A look forward to Lake Gatun |
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 A Pana-Class container ship |
 Worlds largest mobile crane |
 and a prison! |
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 Lori "swimming" The Panama Canal! |
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 The Pacific side locks with the new locks to the right, |
Last Lock set |
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 Bridge of the Americas |
 The Port of Panama |
 Panama City |
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 The beautiful city of Manzanillo Mexico, |
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 Crazy cool fish at the dock |
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3/10/17 The Bella and ready to continue north from Victoria. |
 SeaNile in tow, note the new 3/8" Amsteel 19,000# tow line. |
5/19/17  The Bella and a host of white sided Dolphins as we head north up Johnstone Straight |
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 The Dolphins spent over an hour in our wake! |
 And happy to get a 15 mile free ride north! |
 Kwatsi Bay shore line guarded by an enormous Black bear. |
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 He spent most of the day dining on the new grass crop on a sunny day. |
5/20/17 He didn't seem to mind the company...as long as we were on the boat! |
 The Bella and Blue C's at the Kwatsi dock |
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 Kwatsi Bay Prawns For dinner! |
 A wonderful 100' Wide waterfall as we leave Kwatsi Bay |
5/22/17 Lots of crab in Port McNeill! |
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 The Ketchikan rain gage is almost over the top... IN JUNE??? |
 Ocean Falls had crab to spare. Fishing made easy on the SeaNile! |
 Dry pass has a new channel marker and we have a scookum 40 year marker! |
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 A beautiful day in Port Protection rafted to the Blue C's |
 The Port Protection General Store mascot! |
 Black bears waiting for the salmon. |
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 The Totem grave yard just outside Craig |
 The carving shed recreating the decaying totems |
waiting to be recreated
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 Finally a Spirit Bear!! Unbelievable luck as we pass Princess Royal Island. |
 The only place in the world one can see a Kermode or Spirit Bear. |
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 A humpback wave in Rosco Inlet |
 The Bella rounding Cape Caution on her way back home |
 The Bella NOT on the rocks in Dry Pass on our way to Craig |
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 Another load of crab from Ocean Falls |
 400 shrimp in 4 pots in Tuwartz Inlet! |
 4 nice halibut just outside Nichols Bay Alaska |
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 Fishin was EZ at McCreight Point. |
 The Falls at Kynoch Inlet |
 4 Coho before lunch at Tuwartz! |
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A great Blue Heron mid flight in Victoria Harbor  |
A new years ice storm in Lynden WA 12/31/17  |
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 Montreux Lake Geneva one of my favorite photos |
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