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Salt Spring Photographer John Cameron

You Take the High Road

Soggy Beavers on Race to Alaska

9:00 pm Team Soggy Beavers between Tent Island and Southey Point on Salt Spring Island

Nine hours out of Victoria Harbour, this cheeky team was the only contending boat to take an inshore route—Salt Spring to Port. And, despite running into a sudden lack of wind near Idol Island, Team Soggy Beavers was in 8th position when we saw them. We shouted encouragement from the shore and they hooped and hollered back.

Then the wind began to fill in and they sailed off into the sunset:

Soggy Beavers on Race to Alaska

Thanks to Dave and Beth from south of the border for alerting us to the R2AK—The Race to Alaska.
751 nautical miles, any boat type, no motors, few rules, 40 boats.
More information including a boat position tracker at: r2ak.com

Butterfly!

Rising Music Star at Butterfly

Time to fly for this GISS Music and GISPA student at Butterfly, the Gulf Islands Secondary School end-of-semester music performance at ArtSpring on Salt Spring Island.

Instructor Bruce Smith helps students perform this kind of metamorphosis every year. It’s fascinating to see who’s going to steal the show each semester. (Two unique shows actually, Bruce—a kindred type A personality—just has to get every detail right. And thus is driven to produce two somewhat different shows Wednesday and Thursday nights)

This photo was taken during  the dress rehearsal. Nice energy for a rehearsal; I just wish you could hear this photo!

p.s.
I look forward to another stunning performance from this young woman and her peers at GISPA’s Night Circus next week.

Photos by John Cameron

Photographs of Salt Spring Island and areas reachable by ferry and road (and sometimes off-road).

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