One Week Here Already........WOW

Wow we have been here for a full week now with the emphasis on FULL.  We went for another hike on Thursday that was 6 miles long with a 1500 feet change in elevation. Fortunately the elevation change was very gradual so it was not as demanding on our out of shape bodies.

The highlight of the hike was the two waterfalls, one with very little water and one bone dry. The water one has been dry the last few years when the group came through and the dry one was for climbing.

The wet one was called "The Shower" by the rest of the group because the rock around it was 'polished' smooth by the thousands of years of water trickling over it. The climb up the the dry one was challenging but we made it.

The scenery was great and that is the Salton Sea way in the background of the top picture. We were told not to touch just about every plant we saw, some of the plants were obvious even to an old telephone guy like me. We just don't have plants like this on the Island.

Michelle this picture is for you

By 12:45 we were back at the trucks and we headed for the Soup Plantation for lunch as our hike leader turned 71 that day. Yup there is even a guy from Salts Spring Island that is 77 in the group so there is no way we are not going to finish a hike.

Friday was grocery,dishes,laundry day with a little swimming pool time in there as well. Friday night was potluck dinner at Al and Shirley's(June's bus buddy from Sidney). A pleasant evening was had by all.

Saturday morning starts with a walk around the whole park 2.2 miles then we heard weird noises coming from the tennis courts.  The noise turned out to Pickle Ball.  No offense Rod but the I want to know what the guys were drinking that came up with this game. Its a cross between badminton,ping pong and tennis with its own unique scoring plan.  I played two games and with a lot of help from an pro didn't embarrass myself to badly.  We are going to buy a beginners set of paddles and tried the game again.

In the past 7 days we have hiked a total of 13.2 miles through grottos and over dead waterfalls, waked about 12 miles around the park, spent two days helping Al build his garden shed lost 15 dollars playing texas holdem met about 30 new people and loved every minute of it.