West Coast Beauty

Since my blog address is called West Coast Addict I thought I would share some pictures of the beauty here on the west coast of Canada. So you can see why I might be addicted.

These where taken on Gabriola Island British Columbia. I spent a lot of my summers on that island. There is a resort there, it's a little run down now, that I used to go to that has a beautiful view of the ocean and every night at sunset they play Amazing Grace on the bagpipes. When I look at these photos I feel young again and I can almost hear the bagpipes :)


The first waterfall is in Campbell River BC. It is a place that my baby took me to go swimming one summer. It is beautiful and peaceful and so refreshing on a hot summer day. The second waterfall is on Quadra Island, a 15 minute ferry ride from Campbell River. I took this one day when Jon took me on an "adventure" on the small island.

These photos were taken in Tofino BC. I love Tofino it is so totally "West Coast". We had so much fun exploring the little local art galleries and shops (they have some great organic and natural fiber clothing stores up there). The first photo is Long Beach, a popular locale from surfers. The second is the Rainforest Walk in Pacific Rim Provincial Park. Totally lush and completely gorgeous. I took these photos up near and in Parksville BC. One is of low tide at Rathtrevor Beach. It is a daily learning experience. The beach is littered with mussels, sand dollars, anemones, starfish, clams, oysters, fish and birds. One can spend hours exploring just one small section of that beach. The other photo is in Cathedral Grove. A Provincial Park filled with ancient trees. It is so wonderful to walk into a forest filled with diversity and old growth. It is so rare these days.