We meet at the Ballpark in Gillies Bay at 10:00am.
Last week the forecast for Saturday was very good, "sunny all day" it said, and it was that way when we set off. We decided to try to find an old logging road that we had hiked before on a mountain side to the north of Russ Creek. We knew it had been partly rebuilt by loggers, but were able to find a way to get back onto it part way along. It proved to be in pretty good shape and we made good progress eventually reaching a bluff much higher than we had reached before. By then some clouds had moved in and it even rained lightly for an hour or so, not quite what the forecast had predicted. The view from the bluff was great, extending from Scotch Fir Point well to the south of Pender Harbour, but some sunshine would have improved it a good deal.
My photo is of an insect we found in a cavity on a dead tree that inspired the name Ladybug Bluff Trail for this new hike route. Somehow I think the ladybug will still be there the next time we do the more than 1,000ft climb to the viewpoint.
JD.
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