VANCOUVER ISLAND 2018

SUSAN AND NORMAN
ON VANCOUVER ISLAND 2018


 
Doshu and Norman at the old viewing platform (1936).



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The view from the old platform, seeing the falls side on, and the new platform upper right.



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The Rogers Boys on the Trail, with giant maple leaves.



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Ahh, the western rain forest.



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And now for something completely different, salmon leaping upstream at the Quinsam River Salmon Hatchery.



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Here we are at Miracle Beach Provincial Park, close to our cottage.

Gotta wonder why they have to specify "Problem" Cougar. As opposed to the other kind?

Either way, don't pet him.




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Norman and I take a walk on Miracle Beach.



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The sand dollars appear plentiful. Here they are at the water's edge. I've learned the white ones are empty shells; the black ones are alive, covered with, well, fur. Actually thousands of cilia.



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And we encounter hundred, perhaps thousands, of them. This tide pool was filled with them, in their beds I guess; all those black edges poking through the sand.



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Miracle Beach



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and again.



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Gull on Miracle Beach



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Here's a land- and seascape I tried to draw, but it really didn't come out. Nice photo, though.



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Now, we head out on the Ripple Rock Trail, north of Campbell River. 4 km each way. Lots of up and down.



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First stop, for a view across Menzies Bay



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deep in the forest....



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Next pause, back at sea level.



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Now we're at the top of the point, looking down to the narrows, where the tide still offers a challenge.



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Of course, our high point picture.



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and nicely framed scenery (Soshin pointed this out to me.)



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