All photos taken are from trips leaving Sooke Harbour.
Snowday 17 Jan 2012 - Government Warf
Snowday 17 Jan 2012 - Dock
Snowday 17 Jan 2012 - Sooke Boardwalk
What are you looking at?
"Resident" Swans...
Weaving around the Islands...
"Lions Mane" jellyfish
Cormorants in Harbour
ever curious Otters
Bald Eagle watching over proceedings
Welcome 2012 - Jan 01, Shields Lake via Harbourview Rd, Sea to Sea Park, Sooke.
Shields Lake Jan 01 2012
Hike to Mt Maguire, East Sooke Park, Jan 02, 2012
Escaped the Axe!
Summit & "swamp"
Summit & Prt Angeles/Olympics
'Lil West Coast Outdoor hiking budddy
28 Dec 2011 - SUP'ing in fog & rain - Sooke Harbour
Bike, Stand Up Paddleboard, Kayak. 1 day all from shop!
20 November 2011
Broom Hill / Sacred Mtn 2hrs return
SUP to East Sooke
Sunset... and a great day done....
General Images
How much fun?
The coolest little kayak shop in Canada!
We Hobie'd across the Juan de Fuca and BACK on a November day! Thanks to Al from Reel Excitment Fishing Charters
for being our support boat, local Coast Guard Aux. unit 37 for keeping
us safe from whales, cargo ships & US Navy submarines and
[www.DiscoverSooke.com] for this footage of the crossing there!
I am attempting to catalog ID each and record the seals that keep us company here at our private docks.
This afternoon Sooke Coastal Explorations (www.sookewhalewatching.com)gave us a report that whales were at Sheringham Point heading towards Sooke. Jason from www.DiscoverSooke.com and I decided to head out in a couple of hobie kayaks from Sooke Harbour Resort and Marina (www.sookeharbourmarina.ca) to try and view them. After gathering equipment and organising Russ as a back-up boat, marine radio, GPS and logging the route etc, we set off and 45 min later we were in among the Otter Point / Secretary Island line waiting to see if our luck would hold. And 10-15 min later.. WOW! Amazing, Awesome and Humbling... 20 odd animals from "L" pod spread out over a km diamater area came right for us, next to, in front, behind and UNDER us... all around... and ALL on VIDEO! Watch this - you will love it!!
I would like to point out that to purposly place yourself in the direct path of an endangered species (of which these Orcas are) is an offense punishable by law. There are strict guidlines on www.straitwatch.org for viewing whales.
Due to the speed the weather can change in this region West Coast Outdoor Adventure Rentals does not recommend their kayaks are taken into the Strait. - There is plenty to see and explore within the Harbour and Basin area!
Bald Eagle coming into Marina for free fresh salmon!
Blue Heron
Sooke Marine Boardwalk
Wreck of Florence Filburg in Sooke Harbour... then... (2010)
And now...
(Now it has been removed altogether - 2011)
Tranquility...
Ella Beach sunset, looking west toward Otter Point
How much fun?
The coolest little kayak shop in Canada!
Bald Eagle coming into Marina for free fresh salmon!
Blue Heron
Sooke Marine Boardwalk
Wreck of Florence Filburg in Sooke Harbour... then... (2010)
And now...
Tranquility...