Parksville tide

The Tide at the beach near our hotel went way out during the day.....

But......

Over night ti came way in so first thing in the morning it ways right by our rooms........

Parksville at Sunset

Right at sunset swans swam past the hotel where we were staying at in Parksville for our latest Quarterly meetings

The sunset was beautiful........

Dogs

Well working on the reserve the dogs can be and some what scary(at times)

This grey dog belongs to an elder at the Tsaxana Reserve in Gold River and his name is Bisquit.

These three dogs were following the home care team around Ahousaht a community that is about a 12 minute flight from Tofino or 45 min boat ride. They just wanted the dog treats we had.....

Bear

Well this is the second little bear I have seen this year. I saw this little guy as I was leaving work today near the Tsaxana Reserve.

Apr-20-2010 follow up

Okay I was asked what the Killer Whales (Orca) looked like from the air. I know Killer Whales are black and white but they almost looked grey and white from over head. That could have also been due to the weather that day. They also looked sooooo small but we were also 900ish feet in the air. We circled around a few times to look at them and yes we banked hard and we were pretty much side ways in the air (wing down facing the earth instead of the belly of the plane). Not a stunt for the faint of heart.

Apr 20 2010

Okay the one day I decide not to take my camera over to Zeballos because it wasn't nice out. It was very foggy with shades of grey, brown and green. So no camera and we end up seeing Orcas....gggrrrr. Anyway it was so strange to see an orca from the air. This was the first time in almost three years of flying in and out of Zeballos that I've seen Orcas. The pilot said that once we were dropped off they were on the way back to Gold River they notice grey whales. Haven't seen those from the air either. Hopefully I will have an opportunity to see whales again and when I have my camera in my hands.

April 14th 2010

Well spring definitely feels like it is here and the last couple of days have been cold in the morning and really warm in the afternoon. Kind of makes you want to get out of the office and work on getting natural Vitamin D.