MONDAY 8TH – YET ANOTHER GREAT DAY

Those among you who are avid and observant followers will have noticed that the timing of these posts has become a little erratic. That’s because we persist in finding spectacular National Parks in which to camp and they tend to be in fairly obscure places without phone coverage and therefore no access to internet.

Tonight we have done it again. We are at Saltery Bay back on the mainland. It is part of the area on the western edge of the mainland facing Vancouver Island generally described as the Sunshine Coast. The camp ground has the passage as its western boundary. We weren’t planning to return to the mainland until tomorrow but we discovered a ferry which brought us back to not far from where we need to return the motorhome so here we are – an impromptu change of plans.

The Park supervisor just dropped in to collect our $18:00 fee. We asked him about the scuba diving here. The area is apparently noted for it and the water looks appealing. He said that, once you are several metres underwater, the water temperature is a uniform 8 degrees all year. I’m not going for a dive.

This morning we set out to find Horne Caves and succeeded. The caves are a system of limestone caves but, with the exception of a ladder to get into the hole which is the entrance to the cave which we toured, there are no artificial enhancements, no paths, railings or lights. We clambered over and down rocks to see the usual limestone formations, a different experience well worth having.

Tomorrow we will be doing the washing, cleaning up the van and generally getting ready for the transition to how the other half live. We will need to break out our respectable wardrobe. Trish would even like to do some ironing. What a change it will be from the last three weeks.