Living the Island Life, Salt Spring 4: Mt. Erskine hike, Bike ride on a rainy day

July 18, 2014

Living the Island Life, Salt Spring 4: Mt. Erskine hike, Bike ride on a rainy day

Time for another hike - this time we choose the steep hike up Mt. Erskine to a great viewpoint. It is fairly relentlessly straight up, but we are rewarded at the top with another great view. On the way we up, we pass by two 'elves/fairy doors". Some clever local has made and installed "elves doors" on a few rocks along the trail. People have left notes for the elves, money and other gifts. At the top is a bowl and plaque carved into the stone in honor of Rosie, someone's canine hiking companion.

Saturday is market day on Salt Spring Island, and Ganges becomes a traffic jam with parking at a premium as the market draws in people from near and far. Donna spends the day at the market, and I go on a rainy day 20 mile bike ride along the north end of the island. Second Saturday in a row for a rainy day at the market. I love my rainy day ride though, and only stand under a tree during one particularly big downpour.