A little about Seymour Inlet... To get here from Seattle, we drove 3 hours North into Canada, took a 2 hour ferry across to Vancouver Island, drove another 5 hours to the Northern tip of the Island to Port Hardy, and finally took a 20 minute Seaplane flight back to a remote inlet on the mainland. The main reason for this trip was SCUBA diving. The conditions up here are quite good (for cold water diving). The water is clear, having 50 to 80 feet of visibility, due mostly to the great water exchange in the area. In contrast, the Puget Sound near Seattle has a low rate of exchange with the ocean. The water is a cool 44 degrees or so, so Dry Suits are effectively mandatory. Currents here were quite strong, making for challenging dives. Our dives in Hawaii later this year were cake walks in comparison!
	Beth, myself and some of our diving friends fly out to the wilderness. Totally isolated from civilization!
	We fly from Vancouver Island to an inlet unreachable by roads. Boat & Seaplane only.
	About to land... err... splash.
	Is this pristine or what? The lodge consists of 2 duplex cabins, a kitchen/dining area, the divemaster's house and the owner's house all on floating logs attached to shore with ropes. No electricity, phones or ADSL! How did we survive? Handily actually. This was the vacation I felt more disconnected from work/civilization than any other. I didn't miss email, satellite TV or web surfing! Quite refrshing.
	This area is much like Seattle... lots of rain and thick, green vegetation.
	Beautiful countryside.
	There were hundreds, maybe thousands of these little guys on a trail we hiked.
	Cute fella.
	Had to put a mushy picture in here.
	We often saw seals. A few followed Beth and I around while we were kayaking.
	There are quite a few whales out here. Amazing creatures.
	The owner had a great trick for getting close-up Bald Eagle experiences: He'd catch a fish (took 90 seconds), bonk it over the head with a hammer, wave it in the air to get the eagles' attention, then throw it in the water. The eagle would wait a bit, then swoop down and grab the fish. Pretty neat!
	We did an hour long excursion on a huge rocky point. A lot of interesting stuff here.
	Here are some of the things we saw on this excursion. Barnacles.