Next Hike & invitations.

The next hike will be on Saturday, 1st July.

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

There are two invitations, one for this Saturday, one for next Saturday.

Brian & Rosemary are inviting hikers back to their house in Gillies Bay on this Saturday for drinks and little bites right after the hike.

Then for next week the invitation is to a fabulous.........

MOUAT BAY BEACH PARTY & POT LUCK - Sat., July 9, 4 pm

Please join us for our second Mouat Bay beach party and pot luck!

Try our crazy 20-hoop obstacle croquet or horseshoe pitch and join the fun.

Bring your favorite squeeze, something for the pot luck table and BYOB.
Hope to see you there!

Sandy & Lee
(604) 223-0171

My photo this week was taken a few days ago on the north side of Surprise Mountain. These vivid spikes of flowers are the only part of this plant that rises above the ground, the rest being stems with roots that make use of the mycelium of a mushroom species that itself takes food from organic material in the soil. There are several different common names for this plant, Candystick, Sugarstick, Candystripe and Barber's Pole are some, but all reflect the brilliant colour pattern of this perennial plant. In BC this species seems to be pretty well limited to Vancouver Island and in just a few places on the mainland near the coast.

JD.

The vivid spikes of the Candystick plant, Allotropa virgata.