Gabriola Pleasantries
Tuesday, August 19
The next day dawned cloudy and somewhat damply, for which I was somewhat glad, because I hate to see good hiking
weather go wasted, and we had just come out of the mountains. We spent a leisurely day touring around Gabriola Island.
We first visited the blackberry patches at the bottom of Brickyard Hill, where Ewart, Ruth and Jenn went berry-picking
crazy and collected a very large bowl of blackberries.
We then toured the south side of the island, first stopping to
see the Gabriola Petroglyphs, then strolling about at Drumbeg Provincial Park, where pleasant views of the Garry Oak
trees, Tidal Pools, and views of the Gabriola Passage are the main attractions.
From Drumbeg, we headed way up to
Berry Point for a look at honeycombed sandstone and views of Entrance Island. Then back home for a delicious
salmon-based dinner (and lots of blackberry-eatin').
Gabriola Sandstone at Berry Point
