Salt Spring Island August 9-14, 2026

 Otter at our place at Salt Spring

  Harold bottled 200 bottles of wine using fruit from fruit trees on his mountain road property.  So pear wine, apple wine,  plum wine apple cider, sparkling plum wine and a blended wine.

                                                               Burgoyne Bay

                                                   Burgoyne Bay

                                                       Burgoyne Bay

                                                              Burgoyne Bay

                                                        Burgoyne Bay

                                                   Burgoyne Bay   

                                                         Burgoyne Bay

                                                      Burgoyne Bay

                                              Burgoyne Bay

                                                    Burgoyne Bay   

We went to see Derrick in Duncan.  We met up with his daughter Fran and her husband Richard who now live in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, but were down for two weeks to go to their Cortes Island property.

                                    Sea lion

We did a hike on the Channel Ridge trails on the north part of Salt Spring Island.

                                              Close up of Arbutus tree bark

I did a ten mile paddle putting in. At Fulford Harbor and ending at Beddis Beach.

 

Local 4 mile RT hike/walk loop at our place

                                  Northern red legged frog

                                      Northern red legged frog

                                                     Northern red legged frog

                                                            Pileated Woodpecker

                                                   Pileated Woodpecker

                                                 Pileated Woodpecker

                                                              Pileated Woodpecker

Dropped Donna off at the Fulford Harbor ferry - she visited with three Canadians on the ferry ride to Swartz Bay and one of them gave her a ride to the Victoria airport, so she didn’t have to get a taxi.  I went to Ruckle Park one more time and walked the “campground” loop.