It was forecast to be colder and wetter today and it was! It dawned dry and everyone hoped the weather forecast was wrong - sadly it wasn't and by the time we left it was raining, the cloud was low over the mountains and the wind was strengthening. The rain didn't worry the sea otters who were still bobbing around on the ocean. We found Uno the bear with one ear and two cubs, last seen on our first day, they were walking along the shore line and stopping at berr...

Today was the last day for Felix, Sandra and Remmy so the day was split into two. We went out at 9 and came back at noon, then with the new guests - 6 Americans and 2 older Swiss Germans we set off again just after 3pm returning just before 6pm, with a late supper at 7.30pm. With all the berries out the bears are harder to find as they are in the bushes feasting but we still found them. While having breakfast John spotted one on the beach - it looked like the t...

We set off today for Halo Bay - the sea was flat calm making it really easy to see the rafts of sea otters bobbing on the surface. I saw some splashes which as we watched turned out to be small Dahl's Porpoises chasing fish. Next we stopped off at Fossil beach to look, not unsurprisingly, for fossils - the rocks were soft from volcanic ash and other sediments - as it peeled off you often found fossilised leaves and occasional insects. Indeed there was a massive ...

Slowly we are adjusting, today I awoke properly @ 5am, although John was awake from 2 ish. Just after 6 am we went for coffee in the main lodge, which I drank while sorting out my photos. Thanks to Remmy we ran outside to see two wolves running along the rocky shoreline towards the point. They were very pale almost white with dark backs....but too far away for photos. Having had our first wildlife encounter for the day we had breakfast, and watched a red fox pa...

We are still trying to adjust to the time zone! Last night we had just under 4 hours sleep waking at 2 am (1100 am UK time). I made us cups of tea then put on the TV just after 3.45am to find, as I flicked through the channels @ 65, an NBC channel showing the British Grand Prix, so we watched a typical summer cloud burst and the cars start in the wet under the safety car! After 5am I headed to the gym and continued to watch the Grand Prix while exercising - and ...