0700 hrs: Morning calm (click on images to enlarge)
October 17, 2021 2:33 pm
0700 hrs: Morning calm (click on images to enlarge)
My husband and I have a love/hate relationship with Port Neville.
We love it for the shelter it offers. Reaching more than five miles in from the open water, Port Neville is a welcome sight for us during the long trek up Johnstone Strait. Many times it serves as an essential duck-in when we feel the wind rising and seas steepening – or when we’re just too tired to go any further that day.
I also love Port Neville for the photographic feast it provides. Despite a considerable amount of logging over the years, the mountains and shoreline vistas around the inlet can appear sublime. There’s good paddling opportunities too, usually in calm waters, and an occasional bear to be seen on the beach.
But I confess: we have also grown to detest Port Neville. It’s because of what happens after dark.
You’d never know it from the photos I’ve taken, but once the black of night has closed around us, this seemingly tranquil “port” has become a whirling wind tunnel on too many of our stopovers. Despite dropping our hook in a number of different spots over the years, Port Neville has gifted us with long nights of anchor watches, worry and sleep deprivation.
Still, once daylight breaks again and that infernal wind drops, those golden moments can make Port Neville feel pretty mellow.
Even so, I’m not sure I want to hang any of my photos of this place on our wall at home.
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Posted by Laurie MacBride, Eye on Environment
Tags: beauty, boating, Inside Passage, Johnstone Strait, nature, ocean, places, shoreline, weather
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I was expecting that larger louts turn up after dark – did not expect the wind!
By jkaybay on October 22, 2021 at 5:04 pm
LOL! Happy I was able to surprise you. 🙂
By Laurie MacBride, Eye on Environment on October 23, 2021 at 1:06 pm
Beautiful Photos! I understand the love hate feelings. Having a restless night is no fun,but so pretty!
By Linda Blokhuizen on October 19, 2021 at 2:35 pm
LOL, so true how a photogenic morning can seem to make up for the previous evening. Thanks, Linda!
By Laurie MacBride, Eye on Environment on October 19, 2021 at 5:30 pm
Laurie:
You caught the mood. Port Neville has some beautiful pictographs. All those little inlets have some “interesting” local winds and vicious currents at times. I’ve spent some memorable nights in Neville making up log tows. Your photos made me ache to be up the coast.
Fred
By Fred Bailey on October 18, 2021 at 6:34 am
Thanks Fred!
By Laurie MacBride, Eye on Environment on October 18, 2021 at 9:13 am
A beautiful place. Gorgeous pics. I would definitely hang them!
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By Gabriola Photography Club on October 17, 2021 at 3:33 pm