This weekend we had a short break in the usual west coast winter rain in place for some very welcome sunshine. I decided to make a trip out past Sooke and explore the area around Jordan River. Just outside of Jordan River I decided to go and investigate a nice looking beach and I ran into a small group of surfers enjoying the rare sunny day.
I was back in Lantzville vising my parents and I went up to the Lantzville Foothills, I have always enjoyed it there, great scenery, lots of activities (hiking, mountain biking or even rock climbing) but since it has been logged to put in a large housing development that claims to be “green”. Although this project is setting aside park lands most a lot of these areas are where they could not fit in a lot and they still logged and ruined many good hiking and bike trails. You can still find some nice trails but it is not the same and the view is not nearly as good as it was.
Last weekend I was over in North Vancouver visiting family. While I was there I managed to sneak out for a little bit of shooting. I went to the Cleveland Dam which dams the Capilano River and creates Capilano Lake. This dam is used to supply drinking water to Vancouver.
The following photo is a panorama of Capilano lake, click on it to see a larger version.
And the spill way.
Summer has arrived in Victoria, it has been very warm all week and the forecast is for more hot sun.
Ashley enjoying a warm summer evening.
Two weeks ago Ashley and I made a trip up to Tofino to get away and give surfing a go. It is a long drive from Victoria but the weather was fantastic and surfing was great so it was well worth it. I wish I was able to stay longer than the weekend but that is always the case. On the way up we had to stop at Cameron lake to stretch our legs and take in the beautiful calm lake.
Arriving in the dark and getting up the next morning is always an interesting experience to see what your surroundings are like. After spending the morning learning to surf at Cox bay which was a very enjoyable experience we headed into Tofino to explore the town.
After enjoying the day in the sun we headed back to our hotel at Mackenzie beach where we went down to check out the beautiful sunset.
We left on Sunday morning and the weather had started to turn, was more of what I was expecting, gray and overcast. On the way home we stopped in at Cox bay again to check out the surfers.
