Adventure #5 found us in return mode... heading south from Telegraph Cove on Hwy 19 as we began our way home with only 15 days to go. Since this was a re-run we were surprised at how much fun than we had. Right out of the gate (so to speak) at 7:15 a.m., we encountered 1 young buck with a small velvet rack starting to form... and then around the corner it was 2 Elk cows grazing in the early morning dew.
We also learned more about the logging industry here in BC and were fascinated by some of the facts which we saw at both Beaver Creek Cove and Sayward - 1 mile inland from Kelsey Bay (both coves off the Harvey Johnston Straight). Many log sorts (with up to 50 unique specifications) are set up for specific mills or customers. They are put together to make a “raft” (boom) 70’ wide by 397' long and then 12 of these are strung together and pulled by powerful little tug boats to their destination (Vancouver, etc). If strung end to end it would be about 9/10ths of a mile long!!! My dad worked his way thru the University of California-Berkeley as a lumberjack in the late 1920's. It was fun to see some of the processes he talked about come to life.
Lots of geocaching also took place today, and my favorite spot today was Hoomak Lake, Woss BC where there were about 10 caches spaced about 500’ apart along the edge of the lake. Don found a few while I did the photography which included 5 Loons swimming, calling and water walking!!! (on video). Then i chickened out and made him go back because we were in black bear country. Tomorrow we drive to Victoria and take the Ferry to Port Angeles WA. Since we'll be staying in Olympic NP for 5 days I doubt that you'll hear from us for a while...but you never know.
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| Deer,,, |
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Elk
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| Hoomak Lake |
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| This great trail was originally 1920's railroad tracks. |
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| Water dancing on video only...sorry. |
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and I'm sorry you can't hear the calling.
The swam right over to see what we were doing |
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| Our turn around point. |
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When we pulled into Sayward and parked I thought this
was a great sign. That's our hood at the bottom of the photo. |
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| Kelsey Bay (loved the yellow and red... |
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| Once again, low tide in a very tiny harbor. |
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| The jetties were created by old rusting steel ships. |
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| See what I mean? |
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This shows a larger view with the lumber mill sorting yard
in the foreground. |
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| Don finds a geocache "Kelsey View". |
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And then we watch the little "bumper boats" organize
the logs for the "raft-booms" |
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| The video is even better... |
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When the skilled driver couldn't get it just right, he
got out, walked on the logs and used a big hook.
Our grandson Max would love this "job". |
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