Next Hike

The next hike will be on Saturday, 22nd December.

We meet at the Ballpark at Gillies Bay at 10:00am

Last week the weather was again quite windy, but the rain held off for much of the time. To avoid big trees and the strong winds we decided to just drive part way along the road to the airport, and then hike down to Cox's Lagoon.  I know from experience that the SE gales tend to bypass the shoreline there and that was indeed the case on Saturday.  Sitting on the logs for lunch was quite comfortable and we were entertained by a large group of seals and a couple of sea lions.

I'm not on Texada today and don't have any recent hike photos with me, so here is one from a couple of years ago. It was winter time and at a point on the trail where we had stopped for a 'nature moment' and your "Intrepid Leader" was explaining the curious material surrounding a steel drill pipe which had become an artisian well. The water had been overflowing from the open top and a substance called 'tufa' had built up totally covering the pipe.  You can Google the word to get a simple explanation of this with a few photos of larger and more natural examples.

Happy Christmas everybody!  

JD.

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