The next hike.

The next hike will be on Saturday, 21st March.

We meet at the Ballpark in Gillies Bay at 10.00am

Last week we had quite a long hike as we started off right from the ballpark for a change.  Heading up School Road and taking the left sideroad from the left fork at the Y junction we once again took advantage of the network of new bike trails that now crisscross the forested area to the north of the community.  Eventually we reached the old Cap Sheaf road again much higher up and soon after branched off on the left heading towards Turkey Vulture Bluff.  For lunch we stopped at a high spot on my trail with a view through the trees of the distant mountains on Vancouver Island.  

My photo this week was taken as we started downhill on another bike trail passing a giant boulder topped by a cluster of ferns from which arose this lovely Red Currant bush in full bloom.  These are not all that common on Texada, but the few that survive the deer are popular with the earliest male Rufous Hummingbird.  

I have to give advanced notice of the special hike on Saturday, 4th April which includes the annual Texada Trekkers beach BBQ potluck at Raven Bay.   I will include more info on this event in my next weekly email hike notice.

JD.

A flowering wild native Red Currant bush on top of a moss covered rock beside the trail.