friends visiting and sunshine coast part2

We had more visitors from home the other week. After hiking the West Coast Trail we met Metke and Bianca on Salt Spring Island. We then continued to travel to the Sunshine Coast after a few ferry sails and spent a day in Robert's Creek.


Pod of Orcas seen from the ferry to Salt Spring Island


Luckily Olaf got these shots while I was way too busy watching them with binoculars and without. I even missed one spy hopping because there were so many and so much to watch.


Enjoying the evening sun on BC Feries


BC Ferries fries after dawn


Kayaking in Porpoise Bay


We did not see and porpoise but hundreds of starfish in various colours and sizes with 5 legs or up to 12 legs. We also saw lots of jellyfish, crabs and sea cucumbers from the kayak as well as a few seals that were curious and stuck out their heads.




Bianca was brave anough to touch a little starfish

Friends visiting and Sunshine Coast part1

Dagmar and Wolfgang, friends from Berlin and Hanover, came to visit us this summer. They first went camping on Vancouver Island with Astrid, another friend from Berlin, and spent their last week with us exploring Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast.


First we introduced them to good canadian beer, especially Pale Ale, from microbreweries like Granville Island brewery and Okanagan Spring.


We were very fortunate to be able to stay in Duncans house in Robert's Creek at the Sunshine Coast for three days (Thank you so much Duncan and Denise). We made good use of the open and well equipped kitchen, played Carcassonne and enjoyed waking up with a terrific view of the forest.




Pender Hill with a scenic view after a half hour hike through Arbutus trees.




We took our barbeque and groceries down to the beach and make beef and buffalo burger "all you can eat". When we ran out of burger buns we improvided with toast. Another good thing about a remote place like the Robert's Creek beach is, that you can drink beer in public without beeing disturbed by the police as it can happen at Kits beach in Vancouver.


The twilight athmosphere on the ferry back to Roberts Creek after a day of exploring was wonderful despite the chilly wind.






Not minding the rain on the next morning we had to take care of the almost 5 pounds of blackberries we had picked the day before. We decided to make scones and cook jam with the rest. The result were 6 glasses of jam and yummy scones for us and the hosts.


Back in Vancouver we went to our favourite next door Sushi place "Kibune" for delicious sashimi and maki.