The Whales
It was orcas that brought me to the Pacific NW, back in 1975. We drove a car that wanted delivering to San Francisco, then hitched north to the farther reaches of Vancouver Island--a tale in itself, that journey--where we found a ride to a small island with a little bay and inlet, and once we got there, a population of two. We watched whales and everything else in that marvelous place for 5 weeks. The rain was nearly incessant that August of 1975, and we were woefully ignorant and ill-prepared.... Sign in to see full entry.