Seals!

We were able to add another animal to our wildlife list today! Harbor seals! Upon getting off the ferry in Victoria we headed straight for our favorite spot. We discovered it quite by accident on our honeymoon nearly nine years ago. It is the Aylor Farm at the Eastern Sooke Provencial Park. It was a farm at some point as evidenced by the open meadow by the parking area and the fruit trees near the picnic area. But the highlight is the access it grants you to the coastal hiking trails. Once to the beach you are rewarded with a rocky shore, a cozy harbor and on a clear day like today a veiw of the Olympic Mountains and Mt Rainier.

It was here we were sitting on a rock enjoying the view when we noticed (too late to get a decent picture) that we were being watched by two harbor seals at the waters edge.

A little way up the trail we found Kreyke Point, a rocky outcrop overlooking the water that reminded us of Gros Morne in Newfoundland. There seems to be a quality about the places that we crave, geology and water, nature and time.


-- Post From Sara's iPhone

Location:Eastern Sooke, BC