OH-OH WE HAVE AN ACCIDENT.

 Last evening we were down at the beach and Aileen somehow lost her balance and fell striking her head on a beach log.  There was lots of blood from a puncture wound on the right side of her head just behind the eye.  We spent over three hours in emergency getting it taken care of.  They performed a CAT scan as they were concerned there could be a skull fracture or broken facial bones.  Thankfully nothing was broken.   However, she has a dandy black eye today and I imagine it will hang around for a while.  I guess we'll lay low for a couple days to see how things go.

Here are a few photos from the past few days.

Wall Beach, Parksville.

Wall Beach, Parksville.

Wall Beach, Parksville.

Wall Beach, Parksville.

Wall Beach, Parksville.

Wall Beach, Parksville.

Lichen, Wall Beach, Parksville.

Bald Eagle near Campbell River.

A ship in Seymour Narrows.  Seymour Narrows is about 750 metres wide and the tidal current can reach 17 mph creating dangerous conditions for marine craft.  It is used by many of the cruise ships going to and from Alaska and they tend to time their passage through here for less strong tidal currents.  The average depth is about 330 feet.  The Narrows is about 5 km (3 miles) long.

Seymour Narrows just north of Campbell River.  Back in 1958 they tunneled under the seafloor and blasted out a navigation hazard known as Ripple Rock that had sent many ships to their doom.  Ripple Rock sank or damaged 119 ships claiming nearly that many lives over the years.  On April 5, 1958 the world's largest non-nuclear explosion reduced the rock to rubble.

Arbutus Point, Parksville.

Arbutus Point, Parksville.

This seal wanted to share our fish and chips on the wharf in Campbell River.

Robert's Lake north of Campbell River.

Apparently this is goose fencing in an effort to stop them from eating all the native grass and the critters that live in it.  The grass is flooded during high tide and provides a home for many native species of marine life.  The theory is that the geese won't use these areas as they like to be able to take off easily and the fences create a barrier to flight.

A barge being repaired in the Campbell River estuary.

Campbell River estuary