And we nearly did.
On arriving in Masset on Haida Gwaii (known at that time as
The Queen Charlotte Islands I met with a man who offered his hut as a place to
stay until a room at a hotel could be negotiated. With a friend we acccepted
and began cleaning the place to make it habitable for the night. The Principal
of one of the schools heard we were planning to stay there and came to rescue
us.