Tofino to Hot Springs Cove, July 26 - 29

In June we paddled for a short 3 days across Clayqout Sound to Hotsprings Cove. Weather was mixed, but came with light southerlies – permitting us to get easily around the rough outside of Vargas and Flores Islands.



The hotsprings were excellent as always, especially since we were the only visitors for the evening. We were told that earlier during daytime hours the springs were crowded by as much as 90 people.



Got a motor boat ride back and watched a grey whale breaching very near us. What an amazing creature!

Ramblings and Explorations - May and June 07

Didn't quite do as much hiking and scrambling as I hoped for this year, but got a couple of nice one day hikes in:

Three Brothers Trail in Manning Park with amazing splendor of flower just after the snow retreated.


Elkridge near Chilliwack treated us to more flowers.


Jones (Wahleach) Lake – a rough 2WD road leads up to lake with stunning backdrop. Peaks from the left are Welch, The Still, Stewart, Baby Munday, Knight, Lady. Cheam is off the right side. Foley is to the left, also not in the picture.



Sumallo Valley from Sunshine Valley east of Hope – Silvertip, Rideout, Rideout's Pup and Payne. Picture coming soon.