Piling

Oasis

Pathways

Waterfall

Tsusiat Falls

Pinkish Hue

Sunrise at Cribs Creek.

Sandstone

Exposed sandstone shelf at low tide, on the way to Bonilla Point.

Creek and Cable Car

Walbran Creek and, in the distance, the cable car to cross it when it is in flood. Otherwise it's easy enough to ford at low tide.

Peaceful Woods

Asian Garden at UBC.

Heart

Zipper?

According to the artist's statement:
This artwork addresses the primal power of life. Five huge granite slabs that transition from sharp to jagged to worn resemble a zipper that is being opened. Carefully selected trees with various growth speeds and root-ball size have been planted adjacent to the stones, giving the viewer the time-lapsed impression of powerful forces so apparently at work in the canyon below.

Civilization?

Even at 1100m elevation there are signs of civilization.

Glacial heat

Hottest day of the year so far. Sun everywhere. Wildflowers in bloom. What's that? Up there! It's a...glacier.

Shot of the Comox Glacier from Goose Spit Regional Park. Beautiful place.

Thus ends the Vancouver Island adventures for the next little while. Back to New Westminster tomorrow.

Mirror Image

One island, or two? Well, officially these are two islands, although it looks as though if the tide went any lower one could walk from Newcastle Island (left) to Protection Island (right).

Bubbles

Like an Aero chocolate bar, the sandstone at Newcastle Island is weathered so it resembles bubbles in the rock. Curious. Peeking above is a small welcome building with the logo of the First Nation that calls this small island home.

Monolith

Stawamus Chief, Squamish. A granite monolith that some say is the second largest in the world. There's rock climbing up this face, and a walking trail at the back. This is one view of the Chief, taken from the patio of the Howe Sound Brew Pub in Squamish.

Nubby

Pebble pathway leading to a statue featured on this blog around this time last year.

Othello

Took off today and went about 250km into the mountains to see some different, yet similar, scenery. This tunnel is part of a system of tunnels built for the Canadian Pacific Railroad (CPR) in about 1913 in an area previously deemed impossible to build in (canyon, cliffs, rushing river). Eventually decommissioned in 1961, the tunnels are now part of a more extensive trail system. The name Othello Tunnels comes from the fact that the main engineer was obsessed with Shakespeare, and would read to the crewmen in the evenings. Rail stops along the way are named Juliet, Romeo, Othello, amongst others.

Zen

A quiet moment during my evening walk.

Semiahmoo

This rock monument at Bear Creek park in Surrey marks the location of the first road linking the town of New Westminster to the International Boundary, crossing what is now the city of Surrey. According to the city of Surrey website, the Semiahmoo Wagon Trail was begun in 1873, and had become known as the Semiahmoo Trail by 1890.

River's Edge

A typical sight along the Fraser River are bleached out trees that have spend many a day floating the river, being battered by the sun's rays and the waves.

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