Whiffen Spit Near Sooke on Vancouver Island
Whiffen Spit is more of a mood than a place making it hard to describe. A spit is an overgrown sandbar that extends out into the Ocean. Whiffen Spit has […]
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Sooke Potholes Park on Vancouver Island
Sooke Potholes is a series of small waterfalls with pools that people swim in despite the warnings. Warnings about cliff jumping.The potholes that people can resist jumping into.River with small […]
Tales from the Crab Catcher (Sooke on Vancouver Island)
Tales from the Crab Catcher (and other stories told along the boardwalk). From the East Sooke Regional Park we headed out to the Boardwalk at Ed McGregor Park. It was shorter […]
Tofino on Vancouver Island, Canada
My first trip to Tofino was in 1958 or 59, along one of the worst roads in the world. It has changed a bit since then. At the time it […]
Exploring Botany Bay & Botanical Beach on Vancouver Island, Canada
Exploring Botany Bay & Botanical Beach on Vancouver Island, Canada. We usually enter this magical area via Botany Bay, a small bay with interesting rock formations. The local rocks are an […]
Lake Powell and Horseshoe Bend
September 29. Hiking back from ‘The Wave’ in the heat of the day was exhausting. My legs and my feet cramped up from salt cramps when I tried to get […]
‘Don’t Die Out There’, Surviving a Hike into the Wave
September 29. The ‘Wave’ is such a popular hiking destination that only 10 permits are given out per day online, and another 10 in a lottery at the Paria Ranger Station […]
