We meet at the Ballpark in Gillies Bay at 10:00am.
Last week we met in Van Anda and hiked south from James Mack's cottage near Maple Bay. For most of the small group of hikers this was their first visit to this wonderful stretch of coastline, the weather was way better than the forecasters had figured it would be and the day was just perfect in every way. On the way to Favada point we got close to some basking seals and peeped through the trees to watch them wriggle and growl until we disturbed them and all madly dashed into the water. Taking the winding trail south we soon reached Cabin Cove and searched without success for signs of blue camas which I had seen there a couple of years ago. Lunch was on the steep grassy bluff overlooking the cove and dessert was the dark and juicy berries of the Evergreen Huckleberry shrubs [Vaccineum ovatum] that line the old logging road trail back to our starting place.
My photo this week is from the last midweek hike which took us a little way up Gillies Bay Creek. An old tree that had dropped across the creek may years ago is now covered in moss with bracket fungus and ferns growing out to make a most attractive composition.
JD.
Bracket fungus and licorice fern on a mossy log spanning Gillies Bay Creek.
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