Grey Island Departure

July 20, 2000
The same seal came back last night or this morning.I was watching this light gray rounded rock since daybreak which looked likea caribou lying on its side in front of the cabin. Then about 7:30 when Doug went out to crush our “tin” cans he startled it. It is light gray area underneath, with dark grey spots, darker grey head and upper side. It swam all around cove whining and barking at times. This must be his or her cove. It crawled up on the rock again, and slept under our slanted lines of drying clothes. The little duck came back. Beautiful clear morning. [boat came about 1:30-2:30]
I was sketching the elusive fireweed, green orchid and the bakeapple and pitcher plants (see previous pages sketches) near the old recovered cemetery when I heard and saw a speck like the Bromley boat far in the distance. Ran back most of the way down the old grassy road to tell Doug. We had just got back from hiking the hill behind the cabin where views from the top were wonderful (see sketch on earlier page). Looks like Disneyland—like a Magic Kingdom, all the ponds and islands. Found a caribou antler and a fox jawbone up there. Found more berry plants of unknown type this time way up on a peak (i.e. just a hill) that had a cairn. Doug heard a chickadee there.
Notes: Butterfield Group Tours—Paul brought them over but they had their own guide
Sea stacks, steep waves, whales, bird isles, iceberg, crabmeat, cabin

When Paul finally came to fetch us we saw why he was so late as there were a great many people on his boat. All except a honeymooning couple, Jackie and Brett, were with a high class tour company called Butterfield Tours. From talking to most of them they seemed weel-to-do and were spending over $4,000 each for the tour of Newfoundland. They were using the Tuckamore Lodge for a while and Barb Genge had even made the honeymooning couple move to a different room to accommodate the big group somehow, and they were feeling neglected by Barb. They had gotten to go out in Hare Bay in kayaks