MOVING DOWN THE ROAD AGAIN

It has been cooler and quite windy here in Campbell River the past few days.  That's a change since the day we arrived when it was so warm.  I wandered off geocaching yesterday and did a lot of walking.
We are moving down to Charlie and Sheila's tomorrow for a bit.  This afternoon we are to visit Sheila's cousin who lives around the corner from Bill's.  We are going to Dick's Fish and Chips in Campbell River later this morning.  Aileen enjoys their gluten free fish.

Waterfall along a logging road near Port McNeill

Interesting patterns below the waterfall 

Hauling logs by rail.  This is the longest operating logging railway in North America, apparently, at 90 kms (56 miles).

Taken high up on a mountain looking out over the ocean near Port McNeill facing northeast

I enjoy wandering around these mountain meadows up high on the hills.  They are spared destruction as there is no merchantable timber.

Brother in law John  took me to Huson Caves Park one day.  Quite interesting how the water has carved its way through the limestone.

Water cupped limestone

I was intrigued by how the water had sculpted this spot

Some of the roads we rode

Pindar Peak on the right

Evening shadows on Nimpkish Lake

Pindar Peak on the left

While geocaching with the ATVs one day, we were along the ocean north of Campbell River

NORTHERN VANCOUVER ISLAND PHOTOS

We have moved back down to Campbell River and parked at Cousin Bill's for a few days to regroup.  We had a great two weeks on the North Island and now I am way behind on posting photos to the blog.  I have at least two more posts worth of photos to come yet.  It as a bit of a shock to the body coming down to much warmer temperatures than we have experienced for the last while.
So, for those of you wondering about us, all is well.

Moving a Grapple Yarder using off highway logging trucks front and rear to get up the hills

A twisty Yellow Cedar tree

White Rein Orchid

Aster

Skunk Cabbage reflections

Cotton Grass

Roosevelt Elk

Rotting boardwalk in the rain forest at Zeballos

Hornet's nest in the forest

Asters

Mushroom on the forest floor

Bald Eagle drying his feathers after diving for a fish

Belted Kingfisher

Bald Eagle above the Cluxewe River

Immature Bald Eagle looking over the ocean for breakfast

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Coastal rain forest, everything ends up green with moss

An overgrown logging road that we were geocaching down

We drove up past here for supper one evening.  This is looking down Johnstone Strait.  Note the tiny rainbow in the bottom of the photo.

We lucked out and had a couple hour window in the fog.  This is looking over the Broughton Archipelago toward the mainland of BC.  On our way back to the trucks, we drove down into what appeared to be thick fog but in fact, it rained hard.

There's ocean under that fog!

Aileen enjoying the view from the RZR seat!

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Our lunch spot up at the end of Merry Widow Main logging road

I presume this is a copper outcropping.

This is for you Karen and Sandi!

I think this tunnel was constructed to transport ore down the mountain from the quarry to a tramway where it was taken further.

On this tramway

John F and Anne, Aileen, John R at an old growth Spruce tree

Aileen and Anne with an old growth Western Red Cedar.  Just after taking this photo, I dropped my lens cap into the lake.

Fortunately it was shallow enough I could strip down and retrieve it.  I had just paid nearly $20 a couple weeks ago, buying it to replace one lost in thick brush.

There were a few chunks of ore lying about

Yellow Monkey Flower

Willow Herb

Lily at the campsite office

Dahlia at the campsite office

Caterpillar on the RZR hood

A fawn we saw on one of our rides