The Day 12 the Inside passage

Well Prince Rupert was indeed a quaint little town and after exploring on foot for a while I went to a local hotel for a Seafood salad and a very refreshing beer! Then strolled home to my Hostel and saw a huge bald eagle sitting in a spruce tree right in the center of town. A common sight here but one that I had not seen before.
After a short but good nights rest it was up and checking in at the docks at 5:30AM.
The ferry was brand new (made in Germany) and not crowded so you could have seats and reclining chairs all over.
The passage reminded me a bit on the fjords of Norway but the mountains are not quite as steep and the further south you go the wider the channel gets.
Even though this is the rain coast, we had great weather , warm and a cloudless sky which caused many of us to sit on the sundeck for a while and watch the scenery pass by. Green forests, waterfalls and snow capped mountains. Add to that a couple of whales and pods of porpoises and it was an entertaining smooth ride all the way to Port Hardy on Vancouver Island.
One last surprise was a beautiful sunset just before we landed 15 hours after we left the Canadian Mainland. Actually this was my last day on the Canadian Mainland as I will be on Vancouver Island all day today. Tomorrow Icross over to the US and then It will be HWY 101 to Olympia and a leisurely drive on I 5 until I reach the Dana Point exit!