Sea lions on high alert! Moments before I shot this photo, a pod of orca whales passed close by, and there was a huge splash. Many of us watching from a boat thought we had witnessed an orca taking a sea lion. Our guide, however, proclaimed that the orcas were fish-eaters, not mammal-eaters. From a […]
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Dall’s Porpoises
Marty’s photo of the day #5174: On my second morning of photographing orca whales from the beach in front of Deb’s and my Johnstone Strait campsite, I noticed two smaller marine mammals between me and the big orcas. I initially thought they were baby orcas. Later, when I reviewed my photos, I could see they […]
Get Out of the Truck!
Yesterday, I wrote about Deb’s and my adventure of having to share one of our two favorite Vancouver Island campsites with a Canadian man and his stepson who blasted music and video games at 107 decibels in their tent until well after midnight. This post is about our other favorite campsite, right on the Johnstone […]
Orcas at Sunrise
Marty’s photo of the day #5168: Of all the many highlights of Deb’s and my Vancouver Island visit, the moments around the time I shot this photo were my favorite. We had pitched our tent at a remote campsite on the Johnstone Strait, and, like the two previous mornings, I got up before sunrise hoping […]
The Most Awesome Campsite in North America
Marty’s photo of the day #5165: Deb, Nellie, and I just completed three nights at what may be the most awesome campsite in North America. We found a private, one-tent-campsite right on the Johnstone Strait in the northern region of Vancouver Island. From our private beach, we watched numerous bird species, a sea lion, a […]




