On this day we broke camp, then drove back to the park gates (several kms) and headed north towards West Elk Pass and Fox Lake. The trail rejoins the Petain Waterfall trail a few km further west after making a loop of roughly 6 km. Here hubby points out a pine mushroom that is worth…

We got home late last night. Saturday morning my hubby and my son-in-law flew into Victoria and we all spent the afternoon at Beacon Hill Park and the waterfront. It was quite windy and cloudy, but not pouring rain so not a problem. We enjoyed wandering the shore and even saw a sea otter, as…

Jim and I aren’t very good at planning stuff ahead, and anyway our daughter put on a party for us in July (piggy-backed on Jim’s sister’s wedding). So it’s not like we haven’t officially celebrated the big two five. On the actual day (Tuesday) Jim was working upcountry, and Wednesday was his sleep day, coming…

  Our son had brought along a skimmer board and spent several hours skimming back and forth along the shallows. It was fun to watch and I took a zillion pictures. I won’t bore you with all the details!    People say I have a *feet-ish* when I take photos. I dunno. I think this…