Having reached the end of the road, we now had a day to explore. We drove back down to Powell River to visit a few of the places we'd identified in our pre-trip research. First stop was Mowat Bay and our reaction was one of indifference. On a sunny day I'm sure it would be a lovely view up Powell Lake. Next was Haywire Bay, with a nice-looking campground nestled among the trees. We ate lunch in the rain under a picnic shelter, and were visited briefly by a local hummingbird. The rain eased off and we went for a short walk to a sandy beach and a little islet where we stumbled across a couple of basking garter snakes. One took off into the grass, but the other stayed put and gave us time to change lenses and get a nice close-up.
We left the snakes in peace and wandered back to the car, via a woodland path where we stumbled (literally) into a patch of emerging western coralroot and even a few
fairyslipper orchids. Next stop was Inland Lake provincial park, where we encountered another four garter snakes sunning themselves on a couple of mossy logs. I even found a snail, my very first BC land snail. It's only taken nearly 7 years... Then it was back to the cabin to spend a couple of hours paddling the calm waters of Okeover Arm in a canoe.
This snake pretty much summed up how we felt too :-)
Basking garter snake
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