
We’re looking east from Salt Spring to Portland Island, Ruckle Park (also on Salt Spring), a BC Ferry travelling from Vancouver to Victoria, Pender Island, Saturna Island and the Cascade Mountains south of the border. Oh, and the moon.
Salt Spring Photographer John Cameron

We’re looking east from Salt Spring to Portland Island, Ruckle Park (also on Salt Spring), a BC Ferry travelling from Vancouver to Victoria, Pender Island, Saturna Island and the Cascade Mountains south of the border. Oh, and the moon.

Much of Salt Spring sat beneath some fog and low cloud yesterday; highland dwellers were above it all.

Almost there.
Above: water cascades down from the top of Mount Tuam though a deep gorge on south Salt Spring Island.
(Thanks Dan for the location hint; two nice hikes so far. Today’s was in 13 degree weather.)
Below: only a few steps downstream, fresh water joins the salty type. And an intrepid Westie is thrown in for good measure.


Turning the corner along a new-to-me Salt Spring Island trail yielded this startling view.
More moss bumps, this time growing on trees.
Perhaps this is a metaphor for the startling growth of personal debt in Canada.

Back in the mountains. Salt Spring Island’s got a lot of wet going on this time of year.
But…it’s spectacular!
Hiking in solitude, in the clouds and heading for the soft sound of a mountain stream.
I guess it gets better than this, but I’m not sure how.
Photographs of Salt Spring Island and areas reachable by ferry and road (and sometimes off-road).