Tansy visits Tanu 2018
Navigating
Tansy helped navigate with GPS readings…
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watch
…and kept watch on the starboard side of the schooner Passing Cloud…
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careful
…even in the fog!
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aloft
First Mate Krista went aloft to check the electronics, and fittings…
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Shadow
and cast a shadow in the mist.
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Canoe Run
The fog had lifted by the time they reached Tanu. There was a nice smooth, tempting-looking place to bring the zodiac in, but they landed over to the side of the site, not up this historical canoe run. Rules are in place so that modern visitors have the least amount of impact on the old cultural landscape, even inadvertently!
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Octopus Trap
This is a good view of the octopus trap at Tanu – a pool of water created by building a shallow rock wall, with three rock piles where an octopus might hide as the tide goes out.
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Walter
Walter and Sheldon were the watchmen at Tanu…
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Roof Beams
…they explained about the old houses with their roof beams…
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Post
and gable beam joints…
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Gable Beam
…like this one…
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plank
…and other pieces of the structures…
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Carved Pole
…and about the way the mosses are slowly reclaiming the old villages.
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Old Stories
Tansy listened to the old stories…
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Wasco
…and she heard a new story about the Wasco, a transformer wolf that can become a Killer whale!
The Wasco bracelet was made by Sheldon’s brother.
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Please click here to see the website of Outer Shores Expeditions and for views of Passing Cloud, which was Tansy and her favourite photographer’s home for nearly three weeks…
…Passing Cloud is over on the BC Central Coast at the moment, click here to see where she is right now!
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It is marvelous that we are able to join Tansy on this incredible journey into an area I assume I will never see. Wow, there’s so much to learn and become aware of. Thank you so much favorite photographer, Tansy and narrator for this wonderful and pleasant way of becoming informed of this unique area of the world and the watchmen/women who monitor it.
We stay-at-home members of the household and Hitty cupboard miss them when they are away, but really enjoy hearing about their experiences upon their return!
Thank You Becky for relating my feelings to a tee.
Each and every photo and explanation of what we are observing is beautiful, tender and sacred.
The Watchmen are generous with their time and knowledge! We feel lucky to have a connection to these places too through our favourite photographer’s travels and experiences!
Tansy is a Hitty of many talents. I always enjoy these forays into the Haida historic sites. Fascinating.
We are all a little envious of Tansy’s trips away…happy to have her back, and grateful she has such an interesting life and can share it with us!