Cowichan Valley - Genoa Bay

July 5, 2020 found us travelling south to check out a lake near Chemainus. Later we decided to travel on to Genoa Bay. We hadn't been there in quite some time. This postcard is iconic.

Cowichan Valley - Genoa Bay (2020-07-05)

Nanoose - Brickyard Beach

During the last few weeks - June 2020 - we've been exploring numerous Salish Sea beaches along Vancouver Island's eastern shore. My motivation was the many streets and roads that dead-end at the water's edge (Google Maps was a great resource!).

Brickyard Beach (2020-06-09)

Nanoose Bay - Trail leading to Clam Beds

Hanne had heard that moonsnail shells were to be found in abundance at the Nanoose Bay beach. On a low tide in early July, we drove out to have a look and for Hanne to go "collecting". She was in luck. By a small parking lot, this little trail leads to the beach.

When walking about at lower tides, be careful to respect the various commercial clam/oyster beds in the area.

Nanoose Bay - Trail leading to Clam Beds (2012-07-06)

Quadra Island - Sailing past the Rebecca Spit Light

Since Britta had a few days off, we decided on a camping trip up Vancouver Island. Up island, however, meant rain clouds the further north we got. We looked eastward and noticed brighter skies over Quadra Island, and brighter yet beyond that. Beyond that, as far as our world was concerned, meant Cortes island. So, that where we headed. While on the ferry for Whaletown, on Cortes Island, my camera caught this sailboat passing by the navigation light at Rebecca Spit on cotrtes Island.

Quadra Island - the Rebecca Spit Light (2011-07-11)

Nanaimo - November stroll at Neck Point Park

It's not often that Nanaimo is graced by sunshine in November. On this particular day, a leafless tree silhouette, in Neck Point Park, provided a postcard frame for a chilly Salish Sea.

A rare sunny November view of the British 
Columbia mainland across the Salish Sea (2012-11-26) 

Royston - Red Railing

Pardon the title alliteration.

I can't count the number of times we've driven by the Royston turn-off on Highway 19a (known locally as the Oceanside Route or the Old Island Highway) with hardly a thought to actually having a look. On this day in August, after poking around Comox (I think we checked out the new Costco there), the mood just hit me; "why not take a drive down to the water?" We found this little pier right at the end of Royston Road, where it intersects with Marine Drive.

The view here is of Comox (Port Augusta as it was known in earlier times - circa 1860).

Royston; The view here, is of Comox (2011-08-10)