June 18, 2006

We spent the morning enjoying the wide variety of wild life that the brilliant waters southern Vancouver Island has to offer. We began our trip by heading west in hopes to met up with some of our resident orcas, K-Pod and L-Pod, on their way back into the Strait of Juan de Fuca. With much effort but little success locating any southern residents, we started our search for the magnificent bald eagles. We enjoyed gazing at these large sea birds and one of their huge seaside nests. We then made our way back east to Race Rocks. While there, we enjoyed the relaxation and casual play the large population of Stellar and California sea lions and Harbour and Elephant seals displayed for us.

The afternoon’s trip lead us to Lime Kiln Lighthouse off the west side of San Juan Island. During our visit we were overwhelmed with a very active J-Pod. Although the orcas were travelling fast in large family groups, we were pleased to see multiple breaches, young orcas chasing one another and a spy hop or two.