hrd_rok
08-30-2006, 04:00 PM
Well, Just got back from 2.5 weeks b&b hopping throught the north gulf islands, bc with two spanking new Seaward Kayaks.
1 day of rain in 18.... couldn't have been better, oh yeah first vacation no kids in 18 years...
The trip
Denman -> Hornby -> Quadra -> Comox -> Cortes -> Whistler -> back to work
A few (dozen pics) Hope you enjoy
First day out of the Diamond Mines - XC70 about to leave the Okanagan - My Boat
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp01.JPG
Her Boat
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp02.JPG
My Wife was taking to long, so here is a pic of my just rebuilt 83 Ritchey Everest with DeKerf paint job
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp03.JPG
Looking back at major storm on the mainland
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp04.JPG
6am waiting for first of 12 ferries in 18 days
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp05.JPG
Weather looks better ahead
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp06.JPG
Day -2 First Saltwater paddle, east side of denman Island
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp07.JPG
Wet water exit and entry practice, bottom of my boat
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp09.JPG
Day 2 - Looking south along Denman Island at dusk
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp10.JPG
Day 3 - Chrome Island Lighthouse at South end of Denman
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp11.JPG
Day 3 - Us visiting chrome island aka AlkaChaz (the keeper was chaz)
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp12.JPG
Day 4 - Bald eagle on beach early morning
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp13.JPG
Day 4 - XC70 in ferry line to Hornby
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp14.JPG
Flora Islets off Heliwell Park Hornby
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp15.JPG
Putting in at Little Tribune Bay Hornby
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp16.JPG
Lunch on Flora Islet
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp17.JPG
The Ultimate Mountain Unicycles
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp18.JPG
Day 6 Ferry #6 - Last car on...
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp19.JPG
Rebecca Spit - Quadra Island
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp20.JPG
Heading out From Rebecca Spit
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp21.JPG
Lots of Harbour seal on Breton Islands
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp22.JPG
Looking north to Read Island
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp23.JPG
Breton Islands - A nice place to have lunch
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp24.JPG
Says it all - Quadra & ferry to cortes
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp25.JPG
Day 8 Granite bay - Quadra Island N
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp26.JPG
Granite Bay Chained Islands, A squatters float house that got destroyed in a storm 2 years ago
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp27.JPG
Johnston Strait to the North
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp28.JPG
What happens to a Husqy Chainsaw after 2 years in the salt water
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp29.JPG
Looking back into granite bay
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp30.JPG
Harbour seal pup staying warm on the rocks
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp31.JPG
Smokeys bike shop---
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp32.JPG
An old pump at the long abandoned Lucky Jim Mine Quadra Island
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp33.JPG
Slip another XC70 Shot in there
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp34.JPG
Read the sign, It was, we are, we went down the hill to surge narrows Quadra N...
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp35.JPG
The one day of rain - Somebody didn't check the tide tables
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp36.JPG
Day 12 or something - Ferry #9 - Last car again! How lucky can you get
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp37.JPG
Arriving Cortes - Whaler Bay I think its called
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp38.JPG
Fred Picards B&B in Gorge Harbour Cortes
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp39.JPG
The view from freds
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp40.JPG
My Buddy - Looking for mama
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp41.JPG
Mansons Landing Cortes
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp42.JPG
The dock at mansons looking into Strait of Georgia
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp43.JPG
Cortes - Squirrel Cove looking into desolation sound
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp44.JPG
Old Squatters cabin in the bush hehind the shore
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp45.JPG
Lunch on an oyster beach Cortes looking south into desolation sound
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp46.JPG
Day 16 Boo Hoo Day Last leaving cortes - 1 Ferry #10 2 more plus drive through whistler and lilloet back to the okanagan
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp47.JPG
1 day of rain in 18.... couldn't have been better, oh yeah first vacation no kids in 18 years...
The trip
Denman -> Hornby -> Quadra -> Comox -> Cortes -> Whistler -> back to work
A few (dozen pics) Hope you enjoy
First day out of the Diamond Mines - XC70 about to leave the Okanagan - My Boat
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp01.JPG
Her Boat
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp02.JPG
My Wife was taking to long, so here is a pic of my just rebuilt 83 Ritchey Everest with DeKerf paint job
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp03.JPG
Looking back at major storm on the mainland
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp04.JPG
6am waiting for first of 12 ferries in 18 days
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp05.JPG
Weather looks better ahead
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp06.JPG
Day -2 First Saltwater paddle, east side of denman Island
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp07.JPG
Wet water exit and entry practice, bottom of my boat
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp09.JPG
Day 2 - Looking south along Denman Island at dusk
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp10.JPG
Day 3 - Chrome Island Lighthouse at South end of Denman
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp11.JPG
Day 3 - Us visiting chrome island aka AlkaChaz (the keeper was chaz)
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp12.JPG
Day 4 - Bald eagle on beach early morning
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp13.JPG
Day 4 - XC70 in ferry line to Hornby
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp14.JPG
Flora Islets off Heliwell Park Hornby
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp15.JPG
Putting in at Little Tribune Bay Hornby
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp16.JPG
Lunch on Flora Islet
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp17.JPG
The Ultimate Mountain Unicycles
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp18.JPG
Day 6 Ferry #6 - Last car on...
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp19.JPG
Rebecca Spit - Quadra Island
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp20.JPG
Heading out From Rebecca Spit
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp21.JPG
Lots of Harbour seal on Breton Islands
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp22.JPG
Looking north to Read Island
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp23.JPG
Breton Islands - A nice place to have lunch
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp24.JPG
Says it all - Quadra & ferry to cortes
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp25.JPG
Day 8 Granite bay - Quadra Island N
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp26.JPG
Granite Bay Chained Islands, A squatters float house that got destroyed in a storm 2 years ago
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp27.JPG
Johnston Strait to the North
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp28.JPG
What happens to a Husqy Chainsaw after 2 years in the salt water
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp29.JPG
Looking back into granite bay
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp30.JPG
Harbour seal pup staying warm on the rocks
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp31.JPG
Smokeys bike shop---
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp32.JPG
An old pump at the long abandoned Lucky Jim Mine Quadra Island
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp33.JPG
Slip another XC70 Shot in there
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp34.JPG
Read the sign, It was, we are, we went down the hill to surge narrows Quadra N...
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp35.JPG
The one day of rain - Somebody didn't check the tide tables
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp36.JPG
Day 12 or something - Ferry #9 - Last car again! How lucky can you get
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp37.JPG
Arriving Cortes - Whaler Bay I think its called
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp38.JPG
Fred Picards B&B in Gorge Harbour Cortes
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp39.JPG
The view from freds
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp40.JPG
My Buddy - Looking for mama
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp41.JPG
Mansons Landing Cortes
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp42.JPG
The dock at mansons looking into Strait of Georgia
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp43.JPG
Cortes - Squirrel Cove looking into desolation sound
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp44.JPG
Old Squatters cabin in the bush hehind the shore
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp45.JPG
Lunch on an oyster beach Cortes looking south into desolation sound
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp46.JPG
Day 16 Boo Hoo Day Last leaving cortes - 1 Ferry #10 2 more plus drive through whistler and lilloet back to the okanagan
http://www.volvoxc.com/volvo_photo_gallery/albums/userpics/hrp47.JPG