We meet at the Ballpark in Gillies Bay at 10:00am.
Last week we had a good number of hikers and a dry mild day with very little fog for a change. After meeting in Van Anda we car pooled over to James Mack's property south of Crescent Bay on the north-west coast of Texada. Hiking south from the cottages we used the old logging road to Davis Bay until just before the Big Beach turnoff when we struggled up the narrow ravine side trail that offers one of the few routes up onto the high grassy bluffs that offer panoramic views of the snow-covered mountains of central Vancouver Island. After lunch we continued along the same trail and after some adventures with unmarked sections of the route eventually found our way back to the cottages without any serious problems. The terrain in this area on the north side of the old logging road is really very rugged in places with some dangerous cliffs and tricky steep sections.
With the fog having cleared off I was able to get some better photos of the sea lions out on the rocks at the entrance to Maple Bay. It also helped me having the tide low enough that I could get closer to them than on my visit in January. These animals seem to be mainly the less common Steller Sea Lions and the big one on the left in my photo is an older male.
JD.
Some of the resting sea lions at Maple Bay. They usually feed at night and have to catch up on their sleep during the day.
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