Saturday, July 22, 2023

SPENDING TIME IN THE COWICHAN VALLEY.

 Back to where I grew up until I was fifteen.  One day I grabbed a geocache that was about 200 feet from our old house.  Our 100 acre farm has been cut in half by a highway.  On one side, where the house and barn were is now part of a golf course and the geocache was at the edge of the golf course.

We are enjoying our time here getting out on some trails and roads geocaching.  One evening we took Neil and Carol with us to do a night geocache in the woods nearby.  That was fun!  Then Neil drove us around to do a night cache along some rural roads and that was even funner! (I made that word up)   Yesterday we went on a road trip geocaching and gathered up another 27.  This past Thursday we joined some of our old RV group at their monthly lunch in Nanaimo.  Nice to catch up with them.    We plan to get together with one of the couples tomorrow evening for cards.

We haven’t decided our next bit of travel but are keeping in mind the difficulty of leaving Vancouver Island from Victoria currently.   One of the major ships is down for repair and that is causing an extreme lack of available sailings.  Even if we go to Victoria with the motorhome for a few days, we will probably have to go back to Nanaimo in order to get a sailing.  Time will tell.

Harebell.

Harebells on the edge of the cliff along Harris Creek.

Harris Creek.

Harris Creek.

Harris Creek.

Evening at Maple Bay.

We found an Arbutus tree with my initial.

We found an Arbutus tree with my initial.


A tortured Arbutus tree.  It grew up and fell over then the top part rooted and continued to grow.

A tortured Arbutus tree.  It grew up and fell over then the top part rooted and continued to grow.

Looking down on a farm from a viewpoint on Stoney Hill.

Looking from Stoney Hill out to Cowichan Bay where you can see a freighter in the notch.

Geocaching brought Aileen and I to this pretty spot.

Arbutus tree with its peeling bark, a natural process which happens every so often.

Large pool, beautiful reflections along Harris Creek.

Harris Creek.

Maidenhair Ferns along Harris Creek.

Harris Creek.

Harris Creek.


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