Next Hike

The next hike will be on Saturday, 18th February.

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

Last week we did two short hikes instead of just one longer one, but both were in the same area with a short drive in between.  On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday last week Texada had quite long periods of steady rain and I felt fairly certain that our Stromberg Falls near Davie Bay would be well worth visiting.  By Saturday morning the heavy clouds had moved on and we headed south to the parking for the falls.  Hiking higher up the side trail beyond the falls we found that Grow Op Creek was roaring down through the forest. Backtracking to the falls I could hear them long before we reached them, always a good sign and I was not disappointed.  The sun was shining through the bare branches of the big maples and the spray in the air made it tricky to take good photos without getting water spots on the camera lens. I was careful to not get too close and my reward was the photo below.  

For lunch we hiked up the steep hillside above the falls and found a spot on a rocky outcrop with a glimpse of the sea through the trees.  After lunch we drove south and explored a new logging road that is being pushed up into the forest quite high above the Shingle Beach campground. The recent heavy rains meant there was water flowing and pooling along the unfinished road and even the  old logging road we often use to hike from the campground to the empty beach cabins had sections that were covered in water.

JD.

          

          Stromberg Falls with the creek in almost full flow.  What a beautiful sight!