The BC Ferry, Howe Sound Queen, coming from Crofton on Vancouver Island nears Vesuvius on Salt Spring Island. On a good day the boat makes 13 round trips.
Navigating the First Hole
1:00 p.m. at the Salt Spring Golf Course
In the driving rain, a Mallard duck and two Canada Geese enjoy a swim on one of their newly discovered lakes. Another goose performs maintenance and fertilization. Welcome to the Salt Spring Island Golf and Country Club.
(I’ll be donating my time the next four days to the Gulf Islands School of Performing Arts (GISPA) as part of my business cause: performing arts at Gulf Islands Secondary. I will have little or no time to do anything else so it’s likely that the next post will appear on Friday, March 18th)
Downpour
It was gusting 101 km/h at 6:00 am this morning and, as expected when you live in the trees, there were power outages. And buckets of rain. Our rain barrels filled once per hour for about six hours. Then the rain stopped, the sun broke through the clouds, and I dealt with the carnage on the driveway.
Air Ambulance at Lady Minto Hospital
This Helijet helicopter, a Sikorsky S-76 is contracted by the BC Ambulance service. Based in Vancouver, it has a service area roughly from Campbell River to Victoria to Kamloops. Today it was delivering a patient from Salt Spring Island to Victoria—a 12 minute trip.
Whistler Air C-FJBP and The Scholarship
6:45 a.m.
A Whistler Air Beaver seaplane; (part of, and sporting Harbour Air colours and operating a Salt Spring Air route…I think I’ve got that right) has been prepped by the dockhands and is ready for the first passengers of the day. In the background, the School District 64 (Gulf Islands) water taxi Scholarship is heading for Sturdies Bay on Galiano and Miners Bay on Mayne Island to pick up students and bring them back to Salt Spring Island for the day.
A Whistler Air Beaver seaplane; (part of, and sporting Harbour Air colours and operating a Salt Spring Air route…I think I’ve got that right) has been prepped by the dockhands and is ready for the first passengers of the day. In the background, the School District 64 (Gulf Islands) water taxi Scholarship is heading for Sturdies Bay on Galiano and Miners Bay on Mayne Island to pick up students and bring them back to Salt Spring Island for the day.
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