After one final trip to the mudflat catching sandpipers on Thursday we headed to the ferry terminal and Vancouver Island. After staying the night with friends in hot and dry Saanich at the south end of Vancouver Island we set off for our destination, Port Hardy at the other end of the Island and a mere 500km away. After 7 hours on the road interspersed by a few stops to go swimming (the weather in vancouver has been very hot and humid this last week) we eventually arrived in a mild foggy and very green Port Hardy. Since this was a work trip we didn't have a lot of time to explore the north of the Island, but it was enough to get a flavour and a desire to come back.
Sam alert at the wheel
A confiding grouse at one of the swimming spots
Lake swimming
The estuary at Port Hardy where we couldn't help but notice some feeding Western Sandpipers
American Dipper at Marble River Provincial Park
Beautiful Port Alice
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