Monday, June 8th

Departing this morning at 9am, we headed off for a great tour. We quickly came across two residents of K-pod. K20 and her baby K38 (Spock and Comet) were headed east towards Victoria. We travelled with them for some time and then took off ahead. Along a beautiful coastline, raccoons and eagles perched on their nests entertaining us while we drove by. When we arrived at Race Rocks, only two California sea lions could be seen however, there were many harbour seals and their pups. After one more pass with Spark and Comet, we returned to Victoria.

This afternoon, naturalist Helen joined the crew of John and I (Cassie) and we headed out to Dungeness Spit where K20 and K38 (Spock and Comet) had made excellent time from when we had saw them earlier. A submarine being escorted to port was the backdrop for this excursion. We arrived at Hein Bank and an elusive Minke graced us with a few surfacings. On the way back, we took a peek at Trial Island where my favourite harbour seals were lazing about before the tides rusted in.