Aug. 25th - Knight Inlet to Queen Charlotte Strait

In the morning we departed Minstrel Island. The clouds played hide and seek

with the mountain tops.

As we entered Knight Inlet we saw the old sailing ship Providence heading towards Glendale with hopes of finding Grizzly Bears.

As we entered Queen Charlotte Strait, Dante went to the bow when he saw a large black dorsal fin in the distance.

He first sighted a large male Orca.

Soon a female appeared.

Then a mother and her baby.

They were traveling apart from one another not in the usual closeness of a pod.
Perhaps this "tail slapping" was to call the others together.

We were delighted to see this female going "head over heels"

This mail popped up right along side the boat!

He then dove away from the boat and we decided that he was as curious about us as we were about him.
He surfaced in the distance.

The family then joined up together and swam off into the distance.
We pulled into Telegraph Cove for the night.