This blog has gone by the wayside for a spell as somehow my focus has
veered. With my motivation to explore feeling a bit dampened today, my
mind wanders to past explorations, soooo, thus this post of my hikes
along a favored logging road leading towards Tahsis Mt that takes one
high above the inlet with views of the estuary, the Narrows, Nootka
Sound and all who pass by float plane or boat. Each year I made an
adventure out of this road, trying something new each time. Usually was
just me & the bears.
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| This one makes want to head North! It is not the logging road, but the Maquinna trail above the Inlet as well. What a day Brenda & I had! Two women above it all! |
Conversation between Brenda & I while riding bikes one day: Brenda- "That's a nice bike". Me: "Yea, I like it, but I want to take the stickers off". (Brenda looks at me like I'm a martian) "It just seems too decorated." Brenda- "Oh, you mean decals! Do you guys say rufers? you know for fixing the roooof?" Turns out Candians don't speak the same language as Americans!
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| Blue Heron on the way to the road |
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| Whit Pine butterfly |
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| Uchuck comin' in, taken from above |
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A new logging road heading to Tahsis Mountain
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| Nootka! |
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| My always destination! |
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Cold Tahsis Mt. runnoff always felt great after bushwhacking through new growth Hemlock on a hot day hiking up, up, up...
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| Looking down on the Estuary, Village of Tahsis in the background |
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| Bearie pie |
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| The Narrows with boats |
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| Fireweed |
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| Mama Grouse (chicks nearby tucked away) |
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| Wild onion & wildflowers |
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| Young bear |
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| Look closely and you'll see the bear that was eating the blueberries I was after! |
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| Runnaway Bear |
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| Bear print on the path |
