Beautiful photos to match your writing…I hope to make it back to Vancouver Island one day. It was a very sweet time. Well, autumn isn’t much in California and I hope I can catch a glimpse of it in Calgary soon! After a while we head off to visit Surati’s relatives. Doesn’t Don look dashing! , Thanks so much Felicity. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Alison Louise Armstrong and Adventures in Wonderland – a pilgrimage of the heart with appropriate and specific direction to the original content. Zoo hike photos are so nice…our Bigleaf maple leaves tend to get more brown than yellow. I’m glad you enjoyed coming along. KKPSTEIN wrote a review Sep 2020. Don’s a natural isn’t he! He looks great! The men wear top hats, but I think Don looks especially fetching in a fascinator “There's a lot of prime leather for work boots sitting there,” says Jones, who fishes out of Alert Bay. What a delightful place! You’ll hear them before you see them, and if there’s not much wind you’ll definitely smell them. © Alison Louise Armstrong and Adventures in Wonderland – a pilgrimage of the heart, 2010-2020. Do you need to wear a mask outdoors during the winter? Seriously. Larry Pynn. Also no trips to the island this summer. Tall straight moss-covered cedars, leafy maples, and stands of iron bark trees dripping with delicate white oceanspray flowers accompany us along the trail as it menders through the forest. Barry Crow is the president of the Area D Gillnet Association and says his livelihood is in jeopardy because of the sea lions, and says it’s the largest gathering he’s seen yet. 5pm News Anchor, CTV News Vancouver Island. I’ve never understood how people can sit inside or see a movie on a ferry – there’s nothing better than being out on deck with the incredible view and the wind in your face. Wishing you a wonderful autumn. Every year in late fall about 300 (yes I do mean 300!) Doesn’t he just look fetching lol! So random. So sad we couldn’t go this year but some great memories. And the clown band seem like the perfect antidote to everything right now. Super 8 by Wyndham Duncan. Alison. If there are any in the area the ferries always slow right down. Save Wessex Inn By The Sea to your lists. Oh the tea party was so much fun! Mini holidays full of good times. However they are obviously quite at home in Fanny Bay, for I later learned that Sea Lions can be spotted here at almost any time of year. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Alison. They don’t stand a chance. And really cool that you and I and Sue all posted about fairies this week! A rather large colony of Sea Lions hang out on the man-made floats just off the end of the Government Wharf. Thanks for taking us alone. One Foot in Front of the Other – living your best life is not what you may think. And of course once I knew about them I had to see them. We always have such a good time there. All the Gulf islands are worth exploring. fisherman who tossed 'bear-banger' at group of sea lions facing large fine. The tea party was great fun, and the band especially. Cowichan Bay Kayaking is a resident of Bluenose Marina. Alison. All words and images by Alison Louise Armstrong unless otherwise noted “When one of these guys rips a hole the size of a Volkswagen bug in your net and they do it 10, 15 times a day it's not fun for us at all,” says Crow, who lives just up the road from the breakwater. There’s a whole different feeling on the island, as if everything is slowed down a little. And fun! Alison. There are other part-time and full-time residents of the marina that we care about and are responsible to. I too am puzzled at people sitting inside on ferries (except if it’s raining of course) there’s so much to experience out on deck. Your friend’s place is charming and Don looks ever so good in that fascinator (what fun)! Perfect for those who love the ocean and a focus on community. Alison. Your trips to Vancouver Island sound very refreshing. “They’re sinking my boats and damaging my breakwater but they’re an incredibly big draw for a lot of people.”. Every year for 39 days there are outdoor concerts in downtown Duncan bringing the community together for free live entertainment. Hiding under bushes, behind miniature doors in tree trunks, sitting by the fountain on the edge of the small pond, swinging on the back porch, is a whole community of elfish and fairy beings, dozens of them, all hand-made by C. I’m sure they come to life at night. I just want to fly over to Vancouver Island and try all those hikes! And other tales from Rishikesh, India, Saturna Island: unspoiled gem of BC’s Gulf Islands. I love that you are starting your own new traditions. Meanwhile you can get little peeks at the fabulousness of the lower mainland, and hopefully also get to the island eventually. Sitting on the ferry carrying us across the Salish Sea to Vancouver Island I’m filled with a quiet excitement. Change ). The God of Rice – a Fushimi-Inari pilgrimage. Gorgeous photos Alison. Hugs back Cowichan Bay, B.C., about 55 kilometres north of Victoria, is typically pretty quiet in November, but a colony of sea lions have made their home on the local docks. Clown makeup and dress aside the band was really amazing – great music. One of my fave spots too. Alison. We crunch our way through the fallen leaves, as the cool fall sunlight, filtered by the trees, lands on bright yellow leaves turning them luminous.Close to the top we come across two gigantic boulders, no doubt deposited there eons ago when a mammoth creeping glacier carved out the Cowichan Valley.At this higher elevation where the trees are more exposed to the weather, they are twisted and gnarled, and the thick green-grey lichen seems like a protective covering.And at the top there is the view towards Salt Spring Island and the Coast Mountains. Vancouver is a place that I have wanted to visit since I was a child and I read that it is a good place to see orcas. I’ve read many good books, wrote stories and made friends on BC Ferries over the years. But it’s not all copacetic, resident Cheryl Trudell reports. Here is the briefest selection:Late afternoon we hike the Cowichan Bay Estuary Trail, a 4.2 kilometre (2.5mi) loop. The mad hatter’s party was so much fun. Review Contents: Overview. The Argentine band looks like they’re great fun. Is that Don in the net hat? He looks quite fetching. And the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party stole my heart – we have EVEN more in common than I realized. I’d not been there before and was completely blown away by all the fairy creatures. The sun arrives, and at the river Surati and E swim in the cool water while Don and I laze on the beach. 3,656 were here. Thanks Surati for always showing us such a good time.I’m so glad we got to have all these experiences while we still could. Everything, from the forest-covered hills to the cool flowing river, to our lazy sun-warmed bodies, seems infused with contentment. It always feels like time out of time, like a long train journey only on water. Cowichan Bay’s floating breakwater is now a temporary home for sea lions. Always it seems our trips to Vancouver Island are such a lovely time out. Yearly Sea Lion Migration in Vancouver Island City. You mean Don wearing a fascinator? Steller and California Sea Lions gather in Cowichan Bay to gorge themselves on spawning salmon and bask in the sun on the breakwater. Steller and California Sea Lions gather in Cowichan Bay to gorge themselves on spawning salmon and bask in the sun on the breakwater. It’s an annual spectacle, the massive sea lions making their way to Cowichan Bay to feast on spawning salmon and bask in the sunlight on the marina’s breakwater. Now, with covid, it looks like it’s off the cards for a while longer . ( Log Out /  Alison. It’s a classic isn’t it! 69367 Read. There are actually 2 boulders on Mt Zoo – side by side and equal in size. By Larry Pynn, on November 29th, 2020. But they’re so much fun! Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Cheers- Susan, Thanks so much Susan. Oceanfront Suites at Cowichan Bay. It’s really quite a spectacle. Alison. They emanate such a contagious joythat we are all compelled to dance. The band looks like so much fun, and so does the tea party! ... Remembering the celebrities we lost in 2020. COWICHAN BAY -- You’ll hear them before you see them, and if there’s not much wind you’ll definitely smell them. Thanks! We had a really lovely few days on the island. And the ferries are the best! B.C. Not surprisingly, on the list of the ten best pubs in the Cowichan Bay area, the Cow Bay Pub comes in at number one. Oceanfront Suites delivers a boutique hotel experience in the seaside village of Cowichan Bay. Loving fall so far – cool sunny days, though as expected we’ve had a couple of serious downpours. As for the rest – Vancouver Island really is quite wonderful. Hundreds of them are visible daily on the dock, and locals say that’s a fraction of the actual number of sea lions gobbling chum salmon in the area. Wishing you well as you partake in your outdoor festivities. Pinnipedia Sea Lions Each fall sea lions come into Cowichan Bay and haul out on the floating breakwater near the Government Dock. Winter is coming. It looks so lovely in your pictures; the autumn foliage is simply stunning. I’m guessing that perhaps it gave you more free time to luxuriate in summer, while I longed for it – it was not that hot here in Vancouver and we had quite a bit of rain so I was waiting for summer to come. Nothing can be done about the smell. How lucky for us that we’re there for Entangados, a band from Argentina that’s been around since 2004. Mt Tzouhalem, four kilometres from Duncan is threaded with hiking trails. Well of course we have to wear them – while we eat biscuits and drink tea in the garden.C and B’s garden is something else.It is a world of elves, pixies, fairies, and sprites, a world of tiny secretive beings. But commercial anglers on the docks aren’t getting a cut of the profit. Those in the forest where you hiked are so happy-looking. I too love the BC Ferry ride. I’ve seen orcas from them a few times. Save Super 8 by Wyndham Duncan to your lists. 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