tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74436095074577534722024-03-12T16:13:11.226-07:001wuz's chalk board.An imaginary 0tter's adventures in the wet world. Real life antics of a fractious freak.Wuz1http://www.blogger.com/profile/12377674911401460082noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7443609507457753472.post-67409454260724371702012-05-12T20:51:00.002-07:002012-05-12T20:53:06.737-07:00Peden Lake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Peden Lake is located above the Sooke potholes and googling will reveal several pages that indicate how to get there. We parked at the upper most parking lot for Sooke Potholes and directly across from the lot is trail with several small boulders in front. It's a relatively easy hike and took us 45 minutes to get to the lake. I think we gained about 1000 feet in elevation along our trek. </div>
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There is a research cabin at the lake and when we arrived a couple were encamped. There was also another couple in the canoe that is located at the lake. The first sunny and warm weekend with temperatures at 18C had me figuring we probably wouldn't be alone up there. </div>
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The lake is slowly filling in with sediments and detris. From our perch on a rocky outcrop we could clearly see that silty shallows were encroaching on the deeper parts of the lake. We couldnt' see any fish from our rock but we could see them leaping about out in the deeper parts of the lake. </div>
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This old tree had a lot of holes burrowed into it. I'm assuming it's woodpeckers who've been doing the renovations. </div>
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Across the lake, above this rocky bit on the mountain there were several vultures circling in thermals. One or two landed on the rocks while we watched. There was also a Bald Eagle in the group. </div>
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A small clump of ferns on the rock where we ate our lunch. </div>
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The Gibbled leg. For some reason the tissue around the incision from my ankle refit never healt to former capacity. It's constantly dry and papery. You can also see the screw bulges just above my ankle bone. Bone apetit! </div>
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Oranges are great at the worst of times. Eaten on top of a rock at a pristine lake they are truly wonderful! Add chocolate granola bars and cold water to the mix and there's a feast to be had. </div>
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The people inhabiting the cabin had strung a line for their dainties. </div>
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Several trees had fallen across the path in many locations. We noticed this log had been cut right at the pint where branches where emerging from the trunk. I've always thought trees are more or less round. This shot clearly indicates that radial symetry is at play in this species and that the trunk isn't round at all. </div>
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One of three waterfalls we passed on the way up. </div>
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The path windes down to the left past this huge boulder. It was taller than me and I'm 6'2" </div>
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This Arbutus tree leave had fallen to the ground and something in its makeup maintained a metallic irridescense. </div>
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Amongst the many millipedes and ants along the route I spotted this beetle. I have no idea what species it is but it was trying to take off and not doing a good job of it. </div>
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Very close to the Galloping Goose Trail you cross the old pipeline from Sooke Lake to Humpback resevoir. You walk alonge it for about 50 yards before heading back up the mountain. </div>
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The hike was fairly easy and the reward of having a lake at the end of it was wonderful. Even with the steep incline in places there were ample spots to stop and rest, catch your breath and then continue on.</div>
<br />Wuz1http://www.blogger.com/profile/12377674911401460082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7443609507457753472.post-9720362193556379962012-04-07T18:31:00.000-07:002012-04-07T18:31:13.664-07:00Mount Prevost, Duncan, BCMount Prevost is just north of Duncan, BC. We have some friends that live just south of Duncan and it being a lovely spring day they invited us to haul our asses up island and go for a hike.<br />
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Wait a minute... It's supposed to be a lovely spring day! <br />
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The car definately isn't getting up that road. <br />
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And just after the 'parking lot' that we couldn't reach there are two huge stumps in the middle of the path. I can only guess they are up there to prevent the ATV fanatics from ripping up the area. Of course they fail. There is a rough beaten ATV trail just on the other side of these stumps that cuts down through to the parking lot.<br />
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There is a cairn at the top of the mountain commemorating the local soldiers that died in the first world war. It was built in 1929 and what a lot of work it must have been to haul all the materials up there. At later dates plaques for WWII and the Korean War were also added.<br />
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The Cairn can be seen from the foot of the mountain as a thin, white, vertical line. <br />
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It looks like there used to be a door on the cairn, but some yahoos have ripped it off and probably used it for firewood. As a whole the cairn really could use some TLC. Hopefully some enterprising locals will realize this and mounta restoration effort. <br />
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</div>Someone's also commemorated the life of G. Bowie who lived from 1945 until 2002. Respectfully this isn't scraped into the side of the cairn, but is incised into a rock sitting opposite.<br />
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April 6th and the snow is quite deep in some places... I stepped into a drift that gave me a very chilled shin. Not that perfect day to decide to hike in shorts. Still... it wasn't cold enough so that I was ready to put on the cycling pants I'd brought with me in case of foul weather.<br />
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I suppose we should have expected to have other people sharing the trail with us on a blue sky day. It seems like there were dozens of cars parked along the road on the last passable stretch. A group of 2 other cars was parking just after us and they must have run up the trail behind us because they arrived only about 3 minutes after we did.<br />
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Of course the view is what people climb up here for and boy is it worth the trek! <br />
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A small lake at the foot of the mountain. <br />
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Cow bay with it's associated mud flats. <br />
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Looking toward Salt Spring Island and Mount Maxwell's distinctive drop off. <br />
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Is this a hydro right of way? It's gotta be. <br />
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Despite some rather heavy atmospheric clutter we could see Vancouver from the top of the mountain.<br />
I've traced distance with Google Earth and it appears Vancouver is about 67km from the top of Mount Prevost.Wuz1http://www.blogger.com/profile/12377674911401460082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7443609507457753472.post-57908230771944254512012-04-04T11:25:00.000-07:002012-04-04T11:25:30.739-07:00April 4th and we have sun!Spring seems to be trying to take hold here in Victoria. I went riding last week and had to take off my log pants due to it being warmer than I'd thought when I started out. Thankfully I wear my riding shorts underneath or I would have turned a few heads even if only from horror!<br />
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Today looks like another fine day in the offing as there is sun and it's still very early. Hopefully later I can hop on the bike and get a ride in, on this, my extra day off during Easter week.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The sun's really bright and it's only 7.30 am. Last night we had some frost!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For some reason this particular racoon has chosen the large pear tree next door as an overnight spot. Quite often we see it clamoring around up there. This annoys all the birds in the neighborhood who squawk and flap about so I suppose they've been pestered by egg thieves in the past. You can tell by the nonchalant visage that my being about 100 feet away presents no problems or concerns. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>All the cats are absolutely insistant that they need feeding as soon as one of the humans is awake. It doesn't matter if it's 3am, if a human gets out of bed it must be breakfast time. Having 4 cats milling about under one's feet when one isn't fully awake is annoying and dangerous so out they all go until coffee and toast have been had. Here Kira sits where she can see in the back window and protest her untimely evicition from warm house to frosty out of doors.Wuz1http://www.blogger.com/profile/12377674911401460082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7443609507457753472.post-13548132653980923242012-02-05T12:50:00.000-08:002012-02-12T13:44:38.629-08:00The Bare EsentialsWorking in a grocery store, I notice the leavings of the customers. Some arent' so pleasant. From lost articles of clothing to post chewed chewing gum, I've pretty much seen it all. Believe me. It DOES get worse than a fifty dollar roast stuffed in behind slow moving dry goods. Worse I tell you!!<br />
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However, being the eternal optimist I've chosen to focus on a particular set of leavings. Ones I can take with me at the end of the day and not feel I need a delousing. Ones that I won't be apprehended by store security for having on my person without a receipt.<br />
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A great many people carry small lists of essential items. I suppose they carry them for the same reason I do... the fact that if I don't write things down these days they leak out my ear, slide down my neck and get lost on the floor in all the dust and less savory things lurking under shelves and fixtures.<br />
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I've decided to collect these little bits of memory and periodically photograph them to include here in this post.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Marble Goat Cheese? I've never heard of the like. Where can I find it? </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Who the hell can afford to buy such basic stuff at such an expensive store? </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is one of mine. Notice how everything is entirely reasonable and mostly healthy. Notice how Dessert is listed last in the attempt that I'll realize I don't need it and skip buying it. God I hope I didn't end up coming home with a pie that day! </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Clean ears, a happy dog and no headaches! </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Some people even use the back of their list even if they are blithering idiots and don't realize it's not 'au jus' it's just 'jus'. The 'au' bit means 'with'. And who the heck puts Jus on their roast when the sensible people use horse radish?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Wuz1http://www.blogger.com/profile/12377674911401460082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7443609507457753472.post-25971812110643625782012-01-09T11:34:00.000-08:002012-01-09T11:34:25.420-08:00Mount Baker on a clear dayThe other day I was driving home from work and had my camera in the car because it was the day I take my 52 weeks shot out on Burnsaide road at Prospect Lake road and I noticed that Mt Baker was fully visible in the distance. I pulled over and tried to get some shots from the sidewalk This not working I tip toed to the newly planted median and took these shots whilst leaning on an ugly traffic sign that warns people not to run over the beautiful plantings they've installed in the median.<br />
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Mt Baker is located some 130km or 80 miles from Victoria; across the Salish Sea on the mainland in Washington State.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I don't think I need mention that Mt Baker is an active volcano. Its shape is a dead giveaway </div>Wuz1http://www.blogger.com/profile/12377674911401460082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7443609507457753472.post-29112174390074184672011-12-17T08:52:00.000-08:002012-01-09T11:02:44.842-08:00Total Lunar EclipseI was up early on the morning of Dec 10th 2011. I often do this on my days off as switching back and forth between working nights and having weekends like a normal person is not easy. I was also listening ot the radio stream from CBC and the news happened to mention that western Canada and the US would be getting a good view of the Lunar Eclipse. It was frosty and clear outside and I was up at the right time so I grabbed my camera, put on a hat and set up the tripod outside.<br />
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Even with a tripod things move. With the long exposures I was using the wobble becomes pronounces. Of 90 shots I took over the course of the 45 min I was outside only 10 were steady. I quickly found out that standing anywhere near the camera as the shutter released caused the image to blur. My breathing and my body moving back and forth were the culptrits. I tried standing really still and holdimg my breath, but that wasn't good enough. I had to walk away from the camera and lean against the house while not breathing and hope that my automatic shutter release would work. (It sometimes sticks and i have to turn the camera off and back on to reset it).<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have no idea what sort of berry these are, but they've been fascinating me for ages. Thankfully I finally got off my ass and got some images of them. Depending on where they were they were either frosty or not and in some cases they were even crusted in ice.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2k8RgblKM-g/TslCyv0GnxI/AAAAAAAAAn4/QOMhE0-qlyg/s1600/IMG_4642+rotated.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2k8RgblKM-g/TslCyv0GnxI/AAAAAAAAAn4/QOMhE0-qlyg/s640/IMG_4642+rotated.JPG" width="426" /></a></div> <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> The creek and inlet create several situations where bridges are needed to get from various parts of the park to adjacent areas. I imagine at one time these bridges were completely wood but now their superstructure is heavey steel.<br />
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I was shocked to find out that the Anna's Hummingbirds are resident to Victoria year round. What the heck they eat when all the nectar filled flowers are dead and all the insects are gone is beyond me. The males of the species have a ruby red head and I'm uncertain about this here bird. It could be male and the iridescent feathers are at the wrong angle to show the colour or it could be juvenile and not yet in adult plummage. It could also be female. Regarless of sex, it was being quite accomodating and sitting on a low branch that allowed me to take oodles of pictures of good quality. Just as I was packing my telephoto lens back into the bag it had a little poop and flew off.<br />
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This one is definately male. He was loud and brash and his head was bright, ruby red. He was also sitting WAY up at the top of the bush all the other hummers were fighting over. I had to go in with software and try to get his crest to show as the combination of distance and being backlit had his looking quite dark and not at all as spectacular as he really. I'm not fully happy with the result so I guess I'll be buying a stronger lens some time in the future.<br />
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</h1>Wuz1http://www.blogger.com/profile/12377674911401460082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7443609507457753472.post-72937891377393005482011-11-20T08:51:00.000-08:002011-11-20T08:51:58.819-08:0052 Weeks Autumn AddendumI have been adhering to the timeline for the 52 Weeks project, which is 1 photo posted of relatively the same shot per week. Once that shot is posted I cannot add another even if a new day brings better weather or circumstance. This happened this week. I got up on Saturday and it was frosty like crazy. It was early in the morning and I knew where I wanted to go to take pictures, but it also hit me that Burnside and Munn road would also be frosty. I snuck out of the house all bundled up against the cold. First stop... Burnside and Munn roads. The photo project might disallow me adding more than one picture per week to the project entry. It does not stop me from adding shots of the same property in new entries.<br />
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The land at Burnside and Munn roads is so lovely. I'm having serious envy issues having now seen the owners leaving the gated property on several ocassions as I was snapping shots. This morning the frost and the hard, clear light made it beautiful. I keep hoping to catch some deer in one of the shots as I see them in the fields quite often whilst driving home from work.<br />
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Several snaps later it was time to continue on my way. I'd been thinking of another shot every time I drove by a clump of pampas grass someone has in their garden. The light hits it a certain way and it glows. It's hard to get things like this to translate to a photo sometimes and I was wondering if it would work. Having seen the results I cannot judge and I'll have to leave it up to you.<br />
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Finding parking on this section of road is impossible so I had to pull into the narrow, steep driveway to the tiny parking lot at Knockan Hill Park. The maple trees are located in this driveway. <br />
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Join me in the next entry to see Colquitz River Park.Wuz1http://www.blogger.com/profile/12377674911401460082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7443609507457753472.post-75974343718005333392011-11-14T13:48:00.000-08:002011-11-14T13:48:31.237-08:00To Denman, Hornby and back again.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PCq71fKan-w/TsF8myY9ZEI/AAAAAAAAAgo/D1L7V5xBuSU/s1600/IMG_2982.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PCq71fKan-w/TsF8myY9ZEI/AAAAAAAAAgo/D1L7V5xBuSU/s320/IMG_2982.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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Barb, Lineah and I had made some very loose plans to go camping some time during this last summer. Conflicted schedules did the trip in, but fortuitously my friend Brent was able to get a couple of days off and so he headed over to Victoria from Vancouver and we set off up the island not knowing if we had a place to pitch the tent or not. We were going to cycle from Vancouver Island, across Denman to Hornby.<br />
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Half way to our destination I got a call from Lineah that Yes, she was home and Yes we could stay at her place the night if we agreed to go up to Campbell River and pick up a new bed for her daughter. This seemed a cheapest hotel I could imagine and though I like sleeping in tents a bed is always preferable.<br />
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Having secured the bed to the top of the truck and having avoided being shot by the rifle we found laying under it, "Oh. that's supposed to be in the gun locker", the bed seller quipped, we headed back to Courtney for dinner supplies. This night's bbq dinner was somewhat less eventful than the time Barb and I almost set Lineah's house on fire and we all had a good night's sleep.<br />
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In the morning Brent and I geared up and headed off on our trip. Pretty much right after ferry dock on Denman we hit The Big Hill. I wasnt' worried as I've biked large hills around Victoria lots of times and the key is a slow and steady pace with low gearing. I prefer to stand as it gives me more push, but with less weight over the rear wheel traction is decreased. I believe that's it generally the way peopel lacking leg muscle do it. The Big Hill is NOT big... IT'S HUGE! Up I went... good good good... what's this odd breating? Why's it so hard to breath? Why can't I bloody well breath! And then my foot slipped off the pedal. The trudge up the rest of the hill was made worse by Brent having already crested the thing and having had to wait for me at the top. Then of course he had to wait longer as I sat on the side of the road and for the first time in my life hyper-ventilated. Scary damned stuff and embarassing too.<br />
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I recovered shortly and the rest of the trip across Denman was much much easier. As we were approaching the ferry landing to Hornby Brent nonchalantly mentioned he was pretty sure ther was an easier way across the island. OH REALLY!<br />
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The first stop for photos was located roughly at the midpoint on Hornby Island; a lovely bakery and gift shop set in a park-like setting with flowers everywhere.<br />
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We had some tea, ate some pastry (I really did need to recover from The Big Hill), did some shopping and then continued on to Tribune Bay. This beach is the main beach on Hornby Island and is very shallow, allowing it to get quite warm during the summer months. People were enjoying the sun all over the beach and we stopped to take some pictures. The rocks on this beach are amazing. It's like some prehistoric wonderland There was an odd smell of rotting seaweed and something else so we didn't stay long. The Island has another beach on offer.<br />
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Little Tribune Bay is the other large beach. It's not so sandy as Tribune Bay but there are less people and definatley less children. This is probably due to the clothing optional use the area gets. Of the people we did see it seemed an easy mix of clothed and nude people and there were few enough sun bathers that everyone had their own stretch of beach to enjoy. Little Tribune has a few houses almost right on the beach and one old guy came out onto his porch to enjoy the sun in all his naked wrinkled glory. I'm sure Brent was mortified. I spend most days after work, all summer long naked at Prior Lake so none of this stuff bothered me.<br />
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After a nice afternoon in the sun we went and had lunch at a small outdoor restaurant. It reminded me of a treehouse. The sandwiches were good and the lemonade was the real deal! We rode back over the island and just made the ferry back to Denman as it was about to leave. I took some pictures of us leaving the dock.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> After taking some shots of the cows we took the easier route Brent had been recalling from years past when he used to visit Hornby Island a lot. It was indeed far easier and we sped along at a nice clip. Brent was racing trying to catch the fairy to Vancouver Island but I was intent to get even more photos from the outting. He eventually spied some goats... which wouldn't be all that interesting other than the fact that they were being used to mow the grass on a golf course. The Patrons of the golf course included a group of men only yards away from the goats and a dog romping about.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> When we got to the east side of Denman Island we found the weather was turning foul. A storm was threatening and it looked like we were going to get wet. I had been smart and packed my shell and my long cyclng pants. These went on as we had a bit of a wait. My dawdling had caused us to miss one boat and the coffee truck by the dock had just closed up shop. Water and trailmix it was! Inclement though the weather wanted to be I still got some good shots.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>It had begun to rain finally just as we approached Lineah's house so we avoided a soaking. She was home again having attended to some errands and so we chatted a bit before heading back down island to my house. Brent stayed the night and I took him out to the ferry in the morning as he had a birthday bash to attend. The trip was short but it was sweet.Wuz1http://www.blogger.com/profile/12377674911401460082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7443609507457753472.post-29611260338504405582011-11-11T13:01:00.000-08:002011-11-11T13:01:11.613-08:00Lest We ForgetOn this day we remember our war dead. Brave men and women, members of our military with it's proud tradition of standing up to bullies and doing what's right. The poppy has become a spark to our memory. Lest we forget the horror and the loss; the courage and the sacrifice of these brave folk.<br />
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Fitting then I post some pictures of the poppies I grow in my garden. Planted there some years ago they are all now volunteers. Returning year after year they never let me down.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A perfect autumn day to go for what might be the last bike ride of the season. I grabbed my trap bag, stuffed my camera inside, pulled on my long riding pants and off I went. The Gorge, in Victoria is a very long inlet that gets quite narrow in spots and then opens up into a large area knowns as Portage Inlet. I've marked my route on this handy map that was located in the park. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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The oddest find on the ride was this stag, resting in someone's side yard. I road past and thought he must be a fake. Rideing back around I realized he was real when he blinked at me. He did nothing as I got out my camera and started shooting. Savvy urban deer apparently find the paparazzi blase'. He was also pointedly ignoring the 3 men in the next yard who were hammering and sawing, cursing and shouting to one another as they renovated the house.<br />
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It was a great ride and I got some great shots as well as working out some physical pains and mental stresses.<br />
I can only hope for more nice days with the temperatures permitting another ride like this.Wuz1http://www.blogger.com/profile/12377674911401460082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7443609507457753472.post-4719660102679608212011-11-08T12:04:00.000-08:002011-11-08T12:04:27.648-08:00My Camera Has Reading GlassesPan told me about close up filters and said they were like reading glasses for cameras. I was so excited I ran out and got a set of them for just over 100 dollars. They're fun within their limitted usage and lend themselves to faily romantic imagery.<br />
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Autumn holds some of the most golden light. Both sunflowers and bees catch this light and seem to glow from within.<br />
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I've always had a certain fascination in seen the details of small things. This day I found a small banana slug and took a few snaps. I had to position him and this annoyed the hell out of him. I had to wait a long while before he peeked back out and decided it was safe to carry on with his doings.<br />
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I finally rememberd my camera the other night and so the series is begun. I just have to decide what area of this spot to shoot and at what orientation to have the cam. The first entry in the blog will include the various shots I took. From these I will decide which I like most and following entries will have only 1 photo.<br />
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Above Photos taken Oct 26 2011<br />
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The last photo here is the one I've decided to mimic on each visit. Of course without doing some survey work and planting stakes in the ground I can't be certain to recreate the exact angle so I'll just wing it. I'm not that precise a person and I'm already slightly wary that the land owner is going to come inquiring why I'm stopping by his property every week and taking pictures. <br />
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Slight bit of frosting on the ground but nothing significant. Clear sky. Morning.<br />
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Week 3<br />
Date: 2011/11/07<br />
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Damp post rain morning.<br />
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Week 4<br />
Nov 14, 2011 <br />
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Bright sun after night showers.<br />
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Week 5<br />
Nov 24, 2011<br />
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Heavy cloud cover, 5 degrees celcius, huge wind storm imminant!<br />
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Week 6<br />
Nov 30th 2011<br />
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5.50am, foggy, cold, dark.<br />
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Week 7<br />
Dec, 6 2011<br />
10.30am<br />
Heavy Overcast, 5 degrees C<br />
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Week 8<br />
Dec 16, 2011<br />
9am<br />
Drizzle and Mist<br />
6 degrees Celcius<br />
Horrible cold, I feel like crap!<br />
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Week 9<br />
Dec, 20 2011<br />
10.00am<br />
Clearing off after heavy rain.<br />
Still got the damned cold!<br />
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Week 10<br />
Dec, 27 2011<br />
9.45am<br />
A gloomy day displays my Christmas Spirit.<br />
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Week 11<br />
Jan 02 2012<br />
10am<br />
Slightly less gloomy than last week... so why is my mood so washed out?<br />
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Week 12<br />
Jan 09 2012<br />
10.15am<br />
Less forboading today thought they're still predicting rain.<br />
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Week 13<br />
Jan 17 2012<br />
10.00am<br />
Winter has arrived!<br />
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Week 14<br />
Jan 23 2012<br />
10.30am<br />
And winter is over!<br />
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Week 15<br />
Jan 31 2012<br />
10.00am<br />
Golden morning. Brilliant Light.<br />
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Week 16<br />
Feb 6 2012<br />
9.56am<br />
Blue sky, no clouds and warm for February.<br />
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Week 17<br />
Feb 13 2012<br />
9.33am<br />
Much the same as last week, although it's poured with rain all this week.<br />
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Week 18<br />
Feb 20 2012<br />
10.06am<br />
Iffy weather, cherry blossoms have started and snow drops are up. Three weeks till vacation. God I need it!<br />
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Week 19<br />
Feb 27 2012<br />
9.44am<br />
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Overcast and breezy. The air is warming up.<br />
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Week 20<br />
Mar 5 2012<br />
9.51am<br />
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Cloud with bits of blue.<br />
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Week 21<br />
Mar 17 2012<br />
1.37 pm<br />
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A rare break in the horrible weather that has been my week's vacation. Rain, Rain, Rain and then of course the brief blizzard that soaked and froze me during a bike ride.<br />
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Week 22<br />
Mar 22 2012<br />
9.40 am<br />
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A bit misty today, but spring is definately started.<br />
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Week 23<br />
Mar 30 2012<br />
9.43 am<br />
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On again, off again weather of spring makes things constantly iffy. Torential downpour in one section of the city and bright sun in the other.<br />
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Week 24<br />
Apr 02 2012<br />
9.49 am<br />
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A small break between showers. The blossoms are fully out on many of the fruit trees. Bees are starting to buzz about. I've a raindrop on the lens cover!<br />
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Week 25<br />
Apr 10 2012<br />
10.41 am<br />
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Overcast. The world is definately greening. Average temperatures are up and I'm out riding my bike and not getting soaked. Good my poor bike needs a tune up!<br />
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Week 26<br />
Apr 16 2012<br />
9.38 am<br />
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I believe we're half way through! I really like this shot. The greens are incredibly green and the large amount of sky has forced the camera to close down aperature, making the land bits darker. I wonder when the thistles will fall over and new ones replace them. I wonder when the people owning the land will move that damned mower unit out of my shot!<br />
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Week 27<br />
Apr 24 2012<br />
9.32 am<br />
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Things are starting to get green... FINALLY. In the last few years winter has really been affecting my mood. This year I mitigated the effect by loading lots and lots of Vitamin D. It really did help... but there's nothing that can replace good old fashion sunlight.<br />
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Week 28<br />
May 1 2012<br />
11.06 am<br />
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The sun's back so I've been at the lake today before taking the photos. Everything is so much greener with the sun here. <br />
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Week 29<br />
May 5 2012<br />
12.27 pm<br />
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Streaky clouds in the sky illustrate how windy it's been lately. The lake's been almost a no go due to how chilly it is.<br />
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Week 30<br />
May 14 2012<br />
11.41 am<br />
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Bright sun, wonderful day. The buttercups are out.<br />
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Week 31<br />
May 22 2012<br />
9.35 am<br />
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The clouds are coming in. They say we in for some rain. While the rain is good for plants and gardens I really wish the blistering hot, dry weather would start.<br />
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Week 32<br />
May 28 2012<br />
1.15 pm<br />
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Sun and new yellow grasses. It's a nice day.<br />
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Week 33<br />
Jun 04 2012<br />
9.40 am<br />
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Hazy, not quite clear but still a bit warm.<br />
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Week 34<br />
Jun 12 2012<br />
11.41 am<br />
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Still with the iffy weather.</div>
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Week 35<br />
Jun 19 2012<br />
1.15 pm<br />
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Bright blue and warm here. Clouded and breezy at naked lake. Go figure. </div>
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Week 36<br />
Jun 27 2012<br />
6.07am<br />
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Early morning light and rolling clouds. New thistles.<br />
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Week 37<br />
July 3 2012<br />
2.50 pm<br />
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It's been so long since I posted anything in this project that I'm at a decided lack for words to describe what was going on at the time. I really should have been taking notes.<br />
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Week 38<br />
July 9 2012<br />
12.24 pm<br />
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Hay bails and turkey vultures and a clear blue sky.<br />
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Week 39<br />
July 16 2012<br />
12.48 pm<br />
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The blackberry bushes are really starting to go!<br />
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Week 40<br />
July 25 2012<br />
12.50 pm<br />
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The grass has greened up, we've had some rain.<br />
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Week 41<br />
July 31 2012<br />
12.33 pm<br />
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All summer long at naked lake we've been bitching about having had no summer. I look back at the photos in this project and I realize that a great many are blue sky. It might seem we wouldn't bitch but the lake is this weird vortex that captures cloud and funnels wind. It's less than 3km from this field and it's sunny here. Quite literally there can be clouds at the lake and chill wind when it's lovely here.<br />
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Weird.<br />
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Week 42<br />
Aug 9 2012<br />
2.26 pm<br />
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Wider shot showing more field. Thistles in bloom. Blackberries coming along.<br />
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Week 43<br />
Aug 12 2012<br />
10.59am<br />
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I really should make the attempt to take the pictures before noon. I'm far more enthusiastic about morning light than that of the middle hours. Some others photos I took this day have reminded me that this was the first day I picked blackberries. It's now mid Sept. and I still have a freezer stuffed with them waiting to be made into jam.<br />
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Week 44<br />
Aug 20 2012<br />
1.48pm<br />
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Bright blue sky and it's 1.48pm so I've probably been lazing around in the sun at naked lake. Already the 20th and I'm dreading the end of summer.<br />
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Week 45<br />
Aug 27 2012<br />
12.44pm<br />
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High overcast with a 2nd try for hay by the grass.<br />
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Week 46<br />
Sept 2 2012<br />
1.54pm<br />
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54km bike ride today with this photo being in the last 1/3 of the journey. Headed out Lochside trail, took pictures of a bull and then some huge pigs and some chickens. Then I rode over through Saanichton and down W.Saanich road, past prospect lake to naked lake, had a swim a yap and a rest there and then to this location for for the photo then home along the Galloping Goose trail. Not a bad day at all!<br />
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Week 47<br />
Sept 11 2012<br />
11.15am<br />
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Technically not the best shot in the series. The bright light reflecting off the clouds fooled the camera into shutting down. What I was wanting to do was show the big clouds that were floating around. It was an odd day due to these things dotting the sky all over the place. I hadn't realize it was sept 11 until I got home and that realization brought to mind how I'd been stocking frozen vegetables on this day in 2001. A mundane task that I'll never forget now.<br />
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Week 48<br />
Sept 18 2012<br />
12.27pm<br />
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Summer refused to die although the sun's position in the sky is such that naked lake is a no go for the rest of the season. The light simply doesn't reach the dock early enough to accomodate my schedule. Oh heavenly tree topper in the sky... why do you foresake mine desires?<br />
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Week 49<br />
Sept 26 2012<br />
9.39am<br />
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A beautiful lens flare next to some high swept cloud. This and the yellow in the field really show that fall has started. The temperatures are down and the light seems paler.<br />
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Week 50<br />
Oct 03 2012<br />
11.09am<br />
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Still with the good weather. Summer is loathe to die.<br />
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Week 51<br />
Oct 10 2012<br />
11.15am<br />
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The leaves are starting to turn. This sport of a broad leaf maple has held out remarkably when it's taller siblings are in full colour. The blackberries are putting on a bit of a show too.<br />
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Week 52<br />
Oct 17 2012<br />
9.38am<br />
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The 52 week of this project's year has some high thin cloud and the blackberry leaves are protesting their season's end. I think the shutter having chosen to shut down due to camera angle creates a suitably gloomy feeling to the project having only one more picture to go.<br />
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Full Circle<br />
Oct 26 2012<br />
9.11am<br />
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Let me assure you that matching the first shot's and last shot's date wasn't planned. I'm not quite that organized.<br />
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Well the project is over and it's been an odd process. Initially I was incredibly excited to be doing a documentary set, but as the year came to its middle I became very conflicted and somewhat bored with the whole thing. Parking the car, walking down the side of the road, sitting on the ground and snapping away without much thought. Things changed in the fall when I started to see how far I'd come and how close the end was. As green leaves turned orange or yellow or brown I was mourning summer's end but gaining interest in the project. I'm glad I stuck it through and I'm not quite sure what I'll do now that I don't have to haul my camera to work once a week so I can take another shot during the drive home.Wuz1http://www.blogger.com/profile/12377674911401460082noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7443609507457753472.post-42813158372643149262011-10-13T12:33:00.000-07:002011-10-13T12:33:51.601-07:00Sombrio BeachOct, 12, 2011:<br />
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I have some extra days off this week due to Canada's Thanks Giving holiday and work giving me an extra day off due to having had me caged for over 12 years. I wrangled Brett out of the house and we drove up the coast to Sombrio Beach. The weather was iffy so we packed our water proof stuff and some extra socks, but it turned out we needed less layers rather than more. The hike made us sweaty, specially the climb back up to the parking lot.<br />
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After walking down from the parking log you can go right or left... to the right you cross this odd little suspension bridge over the creek. It's quite bouncy for such a small structure.<br />
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</div> There were some surfers out in the waves. We never did see one get up, they all seemed to be waiting for a good wave to come by. It seems a rather cold and soggy way to spend a day to me. I've been in the water on the island here and it's damned cold! I know they're wearing wet suits but what about their hands and faces?<br />
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The gulls were having a fun time of it. The waves were big but the wind wasn't strong. This means they could fly about lots and pick through all the rack on the beach for good stuff to eat.<br />
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</div>Some of the waves were rather big. Catching them with the camera was surprisingly hard. These two are about the best I managed to nab.<br />
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Back onto the path and up toward the other side of the beach we found this very sharp turn with a walkway and railing. The huge leaning tree helped frame it on the left.<br />
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A short trek later we saw this huge tree that had fallen over. We had some really bad wind storms all up and down the island last winter and this tree could have very well come down then. The contractor for the park has obviously sawed the thing so one is left wondering if it could maybe have be felled on purpose to avoid it falling on someone.<br />
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Back out onto the beach further south. It seemed to be a bit more of a shallow slope here and consequently the waves rushed way further up the beach. A couple of times we had to run to avoid a dousing. The water on the west coast can be quite dangerous and every now and then we hear in the news of someone who's been washed away by a wave.<br />
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We wanted to get further down the beach than this but just around the corner from this small point the waves were crashing right up against the cliff. We didn't want to chance a run over the water saturated gravel to get to the other side so we took some pictures from here of the cliff in the background before turning back. It's too bad we couldn't get further as Brett says there are some caves further along the beach. Next time we'll have to access the beach from the lower road and see if we can get to the caves from that side.<br />
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The water was really crashing on the cliffs and rocks further down the beach... my zoom isn't quite good enough to do it justice, however, when I got the pics downloaded I noticed that the camera had caught people on those rocks being pounded so heavily by the surf!<br />
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There were masses of flies on some parts of the beach. They were all eating kelp and sunning themselves on the rocks. Lord knows what'll happen to them all when the bad weather of winter arrives.<br />
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The kelp was all over the beach. It made walking very slippery in spots. most had the hold fasts (roots) ripped from the rocks they cling to but every now and then we'd come across some kelp still fastened to rocks.<br />
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On the way back I noticed this twisted stump with all kinds of beach stones on top.<br />
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Brett kept on insisting we try to find the trail up in the bush. We found 3 outhouses and lots of camp sites and many many dead ends.<br />
I also found these fairly tall, thin reed-like plants with the sun coming through them.<br />
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And finally we're back at an actual trail! Sweating and bespeckled with bits of twig and fern I snapped one last picture of the beach before we climbed the trail back to the car. 20km up the highway is Port Renfrew where I had some very excellent halibut and chips and Brett had a bbq'd steak wrap. After lunch is was back home for a sit down and late night salad for dinner.Wuz1http://www.blogger.com/profile/12377674911401460082noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7443609507457753472.post-9528859359210258862011-09-15T11:16:00.000-07:002011-09-15T11:16:47.516-07:00Arrival: Myra Falls<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FrraBKrEeqs/TnI2_wsW3UI/AAAAAAAAAIE/mNGEksOMF6g/s1600/IMG_3449+rotated.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FrraBKrEeqs/TnI2_wsW3UI/AAAAAAAAAIE/mNGEksOMF6g/s640/IMG_3449+rotated.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />
We drove around the lake and found the road to the Myra Falls Parking lot. As you can see from the phot of the map, Myra Falls is not in Strathcona Provincial Park but in Strathcona Westmin Provincial Park. There are two parks with similar names. The government split off part of the original park, tacked the name of a mining company onto the original name and created a class B park which allows mining. So they cheapened the park in order to dig up some rocks.<br />
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We took the less travelled, upper path and this lead us onto a rather narrow and treacherous path. "Caution be damned" seems to be Brett's motto when it comes to potentially lethal falls off of tall rockfaces into churning water. He's always got to get some shot of white water in some gorge sure to kill a body if a body does fall in. Yes, he did take a bit of a slip that made me gasp. MY CAMERA!<br />
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The falls drop several times before they get to the main pools. This log, once a full sized tree, had been washed down to its present location. Winter must see even stronger water flow.<br />
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The trail then lead us back away from the perilous cliffs and down this rather steep and narrow path. Skittering all the way we managed not to fall or otherwise tumble our way down.<br />
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The path lead down to the upper of the two main pools. Everywhere I go I run into German tourists. True to form there was a gaggle of them at the falls. Having talked to friends from Germany they have told me everyone there loves Canada because we have so much wild area left.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This moth had lost its life in a very calm little side puddle. Usually I'll check out stuff like this to see if the animal is still alive and if I can possibly help out. Having poked it to ensure it wasn't in need of assistance I got the gamera rigged for close up shots and took this one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>The cut lets the river down into Buttle Lake.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had an earthquake up island and off the west coast last week. At 6.4 it wasn't strong enough to cause any damage but it was felt as far away as Vancouver. I never feel these things. I've also been known to sleep through houses burning to the ground across the street. This shot shows a good illustration of how the the earth can bend things up. Look how arched this bit of rock is!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div>Wuz1http://www.blogger.com/profile/12377674911401460082noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7443609507457753472.post-76059491473583377302011-09-06T16:28:00.000-07:002011-09-06T16:28:22.096-07:00Further Down Buttle Lake, Swimming and Myra Falls (far view).After the stroll up to Lupin Falls we got back into the car and continued down the lake.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We stopped at a little beach with this weird sort of nurse log thing going on. I ran up to the car and got my towel. Ran back down to the beach, ripped off my clothes and hobbled quickly down into the water. The rocks were big and sharp, the water was cold and numbing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kBS476zIkJY/TmaoN_U5rtI/AAAAAAAAAHE/_By1jL4Baew/s1600/IMG_3440+rotated+.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kBS476zIkJY/TmaoN_U5rtI/AAAAAAAAAHE/_By1jL4Baew/s640/IMG_3440+rotated+.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />
So fo course that good Brett snaps a shot of my painful and concentrated exit from the water! I lumbered out... stepped on something very sharp... flopped down on my towel and laid back to warm up just a little. After drying off I gathered up my clothes and go dressed. We hopped back into the car and continued down the lake road. Then we saw it!<br />
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Myra Falls. This photo is taken from across the rather large Buttle lake with my rather pitiful telephoto lens. Still, you can see what an impressive set of falls it is. We both agreed we had to try to find a way over there. Luckily it ended up that the road took us right to it.<br />
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More of the falls in the next post.Wuz1http://www.blogger.com/profile/12377674911401460082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7443609507457753472.post-56653833170914832822011-09-06T15:43:00.000-07:002011-09-06T15:43:49.861-07:00Gimp FootIn 2004 I was returning home from a little bit of skinny dipping up at Salisbury Lake way out past Mission when my car was hit by an approaching car who had crossed the center line. The other car crushed in the driver's side of my car. My driver's side wheel was bent into the wheel well, which caved in, smashing into my ankle and busting it into many little bits. My car spun around 2 and a half times and came to rest pointing back the way I had come. While waiting for the ambulance to arrive some yahoo drove by and shouted out the window, "Sucks to be you!" I was wisked off to the hospital where I waited 2.5 days for surgery to bolt, plate and screw my ankle back together.<br />
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I woke up with my leg wrapped in this nice clean white bandage. Other than the pain of recovery all seemed peachy!<br />
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My surgeon, Dr. Tracy Hicks told me to invert my crutch and hook it under my toes and pull back. This would increase the range of mobility I would have after healing. Some people seem to have a problem with Dr. Hicks. I don't. He fixed my ankle, wrote a very good report for my lawsuit against the other driver and was always positive and joking when I had to attend the casting clink for check ups. My theory as to why people don't like him is that he doesn't suffer whiners and many people who are injured are huge crybabies. People also expect to come out the other side of major body trauma with no ill effects. This simply does not happen. People need to get over it and stop blaming doctors who do good work.<br />
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Here the stream winds through the trees and mossy rocks.<br />
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There were lots of dead fall logs in the stream. Of course the water just flows over and around them.<br />
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Brett's been so kind here as to illustrate the scale of things.<br />
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A little more zoomed in.<br />
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And we finally got to the falls themselves. There was a main drop then a level bit and then another shorter drop.<br />
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Then we crossed back over the little bridge to climb up a bit of dirt and rock to get to the higher part of the falls.<br />
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Woodpeckers had had a field day with this old, dead stump.<br />
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There's Brett at the upper area of the falls. The scramble trail we'd climbed didn't go any further. We looked around a little bit more, but we'd seen all the good stuff... so it was back to the car and off to see a REAL waterfall.Wuz1http://www.blogger.com/profile/12377674911401460082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7443609507457753472.post-77468646053244322282011-09-05T15:24:00.000-07:002011-09-05T23:55:33.699-07:00Campbell River, Buttle Lake, Northward and Home<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCoAg_FcJ3Y/TmU2XRYbAjI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Svjz_3GT1us/s1600/IMG_3340.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OCoAg_FcJ3Y/TmU2XRYbAjI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Svjz_3GT1us/s640/IMG_3340.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />
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Some Pictures we took on our trip up island. This batch is all of Buttle Lake and the areas around it. <br />
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