22 Apr 15
Ruckle Provincial Park, British Columbia Poppin' Fresh with the view from very near the cache.
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22 Apr 15
Ruckle Provincial Park, British Columbia This is a stand-in for "smelling muffins". Poppin' Fresh smelling the wildflowers. He certainly looks happy down there.
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22 Apr 15
Ruckle Provincial Park, British Columbia Poppin' Fresh with one of the non-natural attractions of the area. This is the "Spirit of Vancouver Island"; one of BC Ferries' biggest ferries. This goes between Victoria and Vancouver. I'd recommend the buffet dinner! (Forget the cafe!)
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22 Apr 15
Ruckle Provincial Park, British Columbia Poppin' Fresh with one more biological attraction...an otter (but not the sea otters that you find further up the coast towards Alaska). Although these are common, you don't often see them. Much more common to see seals.
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22 Apr 15
Ruckle Provincial Park, British Columbia Poppin' Fresh with some purple starfish. These are very common in the area.
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22 Apr 15
Ruckle Provincial Park, British Columbia Poppin' Fresh with another type of anemone. Aren't tidal polls great?
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22 Apr 15
Ruckle Provincial Park, British Columbia Poppin' Fresh with some of the biological attractions in the park...barnacles, limpets, and anemones.
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22 Apr 15
Ruckle Provincial Park, British Columbia Poppin' Fresh and the interesting erosion. What made the veins slightly harder than the rest?
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22 Apr 15
Ruckle Provincial Park, British Columbia Poppin' Fresh with one of the strange geological formations in the park. Erosion from what? Wind? Rain? Salt spray?
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22 Apr 15
Ruckle Provincial Park, British Columbia The view looking towards the south from the park. In the far distance, you can just make out the outline of the Olympic Mountains in Washington State.
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22 Apr 15
Ruckle Provincial Park, British Columbia Poppin' Fresh and one of the many wonderful benches in the park.
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22 Apr 15
Ruckle Provincial Park, British Columbia Poppin' Fresh arrives in Ruckle Provincial Park on the southern end of Saltspring Island.
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21 Apr 15
Saltspring Island, British Columbia Poppin' Fresh with barnacle covered oyster shells on the beach.
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21 Apr 15
Saltspring Island, British Columbia Poppin' Fresh with the view near the cache.
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21 Apr 15
Saltspring Island, British Columbia Poppin' Fresh with new ferns just unrolling. This is near the cache.
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21 Apr 15
Saltspring Island, British Columbia Poppin' Fresh and an interesting weathered log.
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21 Apr 15
Saltspring Island, British Columbia On the beach.
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21 Apr 15
Saltspring Island, British Columbia Poppin' Fresh on the beach looking towards the east. Nice place to sit for a while and soak up the sun.
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21 Apr 15
Saltspring Island, British Columbia Poppin' Fresh on the beach looking towards the northwest.
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21 Apr 15
Saltspring Island, British Columbia Poppin' Fresh on the trail to the beach.
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