Next Hike - we meet at the Community Hall.

The next hike will be on Saturday, 12 July.

We meet at the Community Hall in Gillies Bay at 10:00am.  This weekend it's Sandcastle Days in Gillies Bay so we need to meet away from the crowds.

Last week we started from Van Anda and still had some light rain at first.  We drove to Blubber Bay and hiked out to Grilse Point on the east side of the bay along the shoreline road which used to be the quarry access road for BC Cement Co.  The limestone crushing plant and shipping dock are in a sad state now, but the the old road is a pleasant place to walk.  There is a word of warning though, as there is at least one plant, a small shrub in fact, of the very nasty Western Poison Oak.   You can find it on the lefthand side of the road  in a small wooded area close to the shoreline.  You recognise it by the oak leaf shaped leaflets on the trifoliate leaves.  Be very careful not to touch these leaves which can produce an allergic reaction that can I believe, with some people, last days or weeks.

JD.

Western Poison Oak leaves on a single plant located beside a gravel road on the east side of Blubber Bay.