Leaving Horseshoe Bay
It was a beautiful morning. After breakfast I walked a short way along False Creek photographing the beautiful spring flowers, most of which I cannot name, though of course the tulips and narcissus are easily identified. At 9 am we drove to the Bowen Island Ferry. It was bright and sunny as we crossed over the short distance, about a twenty five minute trip.
Bridal Veil falls and fishladder
Once on the island we did quite a bit of hiking. First we climbed up to the viewpoint at Dorman Point, from which you can look out across Horseshoe Bay towards Vancouver. After this we continued on towards Killarney Lake. We stopped to photograph Bridal Veil falls where there is a fish ladder, though no fish at this time of year. There was however a great blue heron that was hunting at the bottom of the falls.
Large moss covered tree
We stopped at the picnic grounds at the south end of the lake to eat lunch. For some reason my camera quit working. I don’t know if it was damp (it was cool and moist as we walked through the forest) or if there is something else wrong with it. Eventually it started working again, though it quit for a second time as well. It was a pleasant hike through the moss covered trees.
After returning to the town area we drove to Artisan Square where we had a snack in the restaurant, and walked through some of the shops selling artist’s work. Some of the art work, ceramics and glass ware were very nice. We were leaving and preparing to drive to the Opa tree (a 1000 year old Douglas Fir) when I saw a screw in the rear tire on Gerhard’s car. So instead of driving to see the tree, I changed the tire, and then we went to wait for the ferry back to the mainland. Since we had almost an hour to wait we walked around some of the stores in the town site near the ferry terminal., before we boarded the ferry and drove back to Vancouver.
Both Enid and I are quite tired tonight after all the walking. The distance was no greater than what we often walk in a day, but it was a good deal of climbing up and down.