At daybreak, a rare and dense spring fog slowly lifted to show a strip of white light across the eastern horizon.
Moments later, the fog returned, hiding everything but the foreground rock.
Salt Spring Photographer John Cameron
At daybreak, a rare and dense spring fog slowly lifted to show a strip of white light across the eastern horizon.
Moments later, the fog returned, hiding everything but the foreground rock.
I waited for this otter to get close (very close); he didn’t seem to know I was there. For him though, the sound of the camera shutter was like a starting gun!
Chesterman Beach near Tofino on a golden spring evening.
One set of clouds sailed by just as the sunset was warming up. I think it adds visual interest.
And the view at your feet (photo below) was lovely with the reflected gold of the sky.
And it sounded and smelled great.
Just a wonderful place for a body and mind tune-up.
*Today’s post is tagged with ‘Daytrip’ though perhaps an ‘Off-Island’ tag needs to be started. So yes, you can get to this spot (from Salt Spring Island) and back in a day, but if you stay for the sunset this time of year, there’s no way you’re making the last ferry. But then again, you really should stay for a couple of days…
Oh, and by the way, ‘tags’ on websites just help you search for all the posts with that tag. So clicking on the ‘Daytrip’ on the bottom right of the page will find all the ‘Daytrip’ pages for you.
1 p.m. hiking along the Coast Trail in East Sooke Park
This has to be one of the most scenic places to hike on southern Vancouver Island. And it’s actually a short drive from Salt Spring Island. We travelled from the park to the Crofton Ferry Terminal via Humpback Road and the Malahat in about 75 minutes.
*This photo post, like all ‘off-island’ photo posts, is filed under ‘Daytrip’ as can be seen on the website. (if you are viewing the post in the daily email message you need to click through to the actual website)
South Beach in the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve
I think part of the draw of the west coast is the never-ending sound the waves make as they relentlessly march up and across the sand and gravel beaches. When you take the first ferry from Vesuvius to Vancouver Island, you can be reading your book—in the sunshine at coffee time—on this beach. And I saw a couple doing just that. I took a few photos and left them—with the beach and this gorgeous spring weather—to themselves.
Photographs of Salt Spring Island and areas reachable by ferry and road (and sometimes off-road).