Tugboat Cruise

21 September 2009, 19:13

Rusty

Tugboat Cruise

We traveled from Houston through Seattle to Vancouver. From Vancouver to Bella Bella Island.
We booked with
Westwind Tugboat Cruises
The tugboat, The Parry held 12 guests (6 couples). We never felt over crowded or rushed. Our schedule was pretty much our own.

Our Cruise was from Sept. 3rd-9th.
We fished along the Inside Passage just north of Bella Bella Island. The water was smooth, no big wave, or getting tossed around problems!
We had a delightful experience on the boat!

Our home for the next 6 days. The Parry. A converted 1941 Tugboat.

With the original engine! Spotless engine room!

Our accommodations were very nice. The boat held 12 guests and a crew of 5.
Main cabin where we took our meals.

The food was great!
Our cook did a great job.

She prepared our meals on this 1941 diesel fired stove/oven, that also served to heat water for the ship! Please note no knobs to adjust burners!

The crew/guides took very good care of us!

The equiptment and boats we were provided with were in good shape.

Mainly we just had FUN

Several guests got to try their hands at fly fishing on a couple of the rivers.

Whales? Who said Whales? In our cove?

More scenery.

More Fish!

I think this picture sums it up for us!

We look forward to going again!

Rusty
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21 September 2009, 19:37

ROSCOE

Looks like a great trip with lots of good eating. Did you do any Crab fishing?

Love the photos.

R

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21 September 2009, 21:26

Mississippian

Great pictures!!

21 September 2009, 21:29

Rojovin

Rusty: WOW and WOW. Great trip, great pictures. Thanks for sharing them with us.
Bob Studen...RoJoVin

22 September 2009, 00:10

Palmer

That looks like fun. Did you eat them all or bring some home?

ALLEN W. JOHNSON - DRSS

Into my heart on air that kills
From yon far country blows:
What are those blue remembered hills,
What spires, what farms are those?
That is the land of lost content,
I see it shining plain,
The happy highways where I went
And cannot come again.

A. E. Housman

22 September 2009, 00:21

MacD37

Man that looked like a great trip! Congratulations!

22 September 2009, 02:04

retreever

Rusty,

Great pics and looks like a very good time...

Mike

22 September 2009, 02:54

jimatcat

makes you to never want to come home.... congrats on some nice pics!!

22 September 2009, 09:43

Bill73

Rusty,
thanks for sharing

22 September 2009, 21:07

DuggaBoye

thanks for the report and the link.

23 September 2009, 00:32

.366torque

Thank you for sharing, I'm happy you enjoyed your trip.

23 September 2009, 06:21

MJines

Neat trip, thanks for sharing the pictures!

23 September 2009, 09:17

Canuck

Awesome Rusty! Looks like you definitely had a good time!

Thanks for sharing the pics and story.

Cheers
Canuck

24 September 2009, 04:30

Antlers

Great pics Rusty! How long was that tug? I love the pic of the engine room - that is sweet!! Anyone that keeps the engine room looking like that takes great care of his boat.

As I suspected during our pre-trip discussions, the scenery could pass for SE Alaska and looks very similar to my black bear territory. By the way, I've cooked on that exact model of stove.

I'm glad y'all had a great trip; thanks for sharing!