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Salt Spring Island autumn pics.
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 10:52 pm
by Barrie
Salt Spring Island (British Columbia) ya, the other Columbia, was my afternoon destination today. I left the big island (Vancouver Island) by ferry via Crofton to Vesuvius (20 minutes) to see Banana Joe and another local friend.
Along the way I stopped at and picked up another gardening friend. Here's a few pics of our nice autumn day.
Cheers, Barrie.
Left to right ~ Yours truly (Barrie), Carol, Lavona, Banana Joe.
* All photos courtesy of Banana Joe.
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 8:06 am
by ronbruce
Looks like palm heaven. Very nice.
Thanks for sharing.
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 9:37 pm
by DesertZone
Looks like the tropics.
Palm Spring Island B.C.
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:15 pm
by Okanagan desert-palms
Always love the pic of the palms on the cove.Banana Joe has done a great job turning Saltspring island into a palm paradise. Thanks for sharing Barrie. Are you sure that`s in Canada
John
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:00 am
by BILL MA
Looks like it was a beautiful day to wonder around! Nice palms! How cold is the water up there, that cove looked so inviting?
Bill
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:49 am
by Barrie
Ocean water along the Pacific coast doesn't warm up until you get past Point Conception in California. It will in shallow sandy protected areas when the tide is low and then turns on the flood tide, warming as it comes in over the warm sand.
Parksville beach is a good example of that.
"Are you sure that's Canada?" ... according to the map yes, but we often think of our region as detatched, far removed from 99.9% of the rest of the nation.
Heading to Port Alberni today...see what turns up there.
Cheers, Barrie.