It seems like The Girl and me just got back from PEI, and Portage and I leave for Vancouver Island.The parents like the West Coast, the kids prefer the East Coast. Hmmmmm.
Anyhoo, here are some pictures of the first 2 days. We did Cathedral Grove, a stand of old growth ceders that MacMillion Bloedel left standing, and my father-in-law drove us up Mt. Arrowsmith, the tallest mountain on southern Vancouver Island at just under 6,000 ft.
Anyhoo, here are some pictures of the first 2 days. We did Cathedral Grove, a stand of old growth ceders that MacMillion Bloedel left standing, and my father-in-law drove us up Mt. Arrowsmith, the tallest mountain on southern Vancouver Island at just under 6,000 ft.
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| The Rocky Mountains. Portage took this shot from the plane. No wonder races like Fat Dog have been canceled.Look at all the snow! |
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| Flying over a log boom on Vancouver Island |
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| Landed in Comox, those are Navy Aircraft behind me, Comox is an active Navel Base. |
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| A train tressell in Cameron Lake, near Cathedral Grove. |
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| Cameron Lake is in the interior of Vancouver Island. |
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| Cathedral Grove |
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| That's a lot of toothpicks. |
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| Starting up Mt. Arrowsmith. |
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| Port Alberni can be seen in the distance. |
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| Port Alberni |
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| Pretty steep, I wouldn't want to run this road. |
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| We got within a thousand feet of the summit. There was a ski hill here, but the chalet burned down in the 1970's and they never rebuilt it.There are several trails to the top, Portage and I will have to put that on the bucket list. |
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| Looking out at Lasqueti Island in the Salish Sea.Texada Island is in behind it. |
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| They are still clear cutting on the Mountain. |
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| Back down we go. Tomorrow, Portage and me will go running on the beach for a couple of hours. |
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