Friday 27. 08. 10 Drove north up the island, stopped in at Telegraph cove and checked out Whale Museum before moving on to Port McNeil. Visited museum in Port McNeil and were shown around by Joe who had lived and worked in the area all his life. Met Jo as we were in line for the ferry to Alert Bay so caught up on news whilst crossing. Went over to Dave’s boat before heading up to the house for dinner. Back to the boat Princeton 1 to sleep before setting out tomorrow. Daisy very excited about cruise tomorrow. Spent Saturday cruising through the islands. Visited several abandoned villages, burial sites and met Bill Proctor who was 75 and still fishing. After dinner, when it was dark, Dave took us out in the skiff and we were surrounded by phosphorescent plankton – a magical experience. Sunday more explorations and finally, much to Daisy’s delight, we were surrounded by a pod of dolphins playing around the bow of the boat. Monday we spent the morning with Jo in Alert Bay going around the museum where we talked to a couple of carvers then back on the noon ferry to Port McNeil. In the afternoon we drove back down to Campbell River and set up camp at Parkside again. It started to rain so we turned in early after dinner.