First stop on the Island was this delightful English pub for lunch on a very English wet day.
After a weekend with Michael and Claire, and meeting their high energy German Shepherd pup for the first time, we drove to the NE tip of the island, and hiked into San Joseph Bay
The
Bay is quite beautiful, with wide sands at low water, and a few islands at
high water.
The
forest around San Joseph Bay seems to be never-logged old-growth.The difference between those trees and the more commonly seen new growth, even of forests 100 years after cutting is striking.
Of course we need the new forests to build houses, make paper etc, but keeping some of the old growth for historical reasons makes sense too.
Once above the timberline, the mainland mountains become visible, stretching nearly 180 degrees along the horizon. This is one sample.
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