Tag: breathtaking view
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A paradise for hikers
East Sooke Park. One can hike for hours or days. Lots of elevation change and ocean views. One hell of a workout. I’d love to do more hiking here eventually. Dave didn’t join Kas, Mark and I. 😂 We visited the seaside condo we are going to win in the B.C. Children’s Home Lottery. 😁
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The beauty and mystery of fog.
The fog bank forms early almost every morning, and it’s almost eerie how it creeps in. Ships just vanish into it like the opening scene of some horror movie. It makes one appreciate the skill of the captains in the old days, navigating by feel: listening to foghorns and watching for lighthouses. It is quite…
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Now THIS is low tide!
What a day at Botanical Beach, near Port Renfrew (about an hour’s drive west of our rental house). This was the ultimate in ‘spring tides’, with the water dropping to a historic low. I went there with my sister Kas and her hubby Mark, and the sights were amazing! Such life in the tide pools,…
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Gotta love a lighthouse
We do love history – especially venerable old lighthouses. The lighthouse at Sheringham Point just west of us, is a beautifully preserved structure thanks to the efforts of many locals who formed a society to preserve it. Built in 1912 in response to the horrific wreck of the SS Valencia 6 years earlier (100 men,…
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Arrival!
Settling down in Otter Point, 10 kilometres west of Sooke. We loved the view (who wouldn’t??) but the pictures make it look far warmer than it was! As we were to discover, the winds blowing northward off the Olympic mountains chill out over the Strait of Juan de Fuca, giving rise to London-type fog in…
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