TOFINO

"We are tied to the ocean…." -John F. Kennedy

"The ocean is not silent...." -H.P. Lovecraft

"When you're thirsty it seems as if you could drink the entire ocean...." -Anton Chekov

"The ocean envelops the earth...." -Copernicus

"Surfing soothes me..." -Paul Walker

"I love the sound of the ocean waves..." -Amy Purdy

"Every time I slip into the ocean it's like going home.." -Sylvia Earle

"Quiet is here and all in me..." -Richard Matheson

"Infinite ocean..." Anna Freund

"There are things in the ocean that we have no idea about..." 

                                  -Ving Rhames

"The quiet mind is richer than a crown..." - Richard Greene

Photographs 2020

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Tofino Trees and Sand

Perfect Sand at Combers Beach, Tofino

Us four at the island at Schooner's Cove.

Salt crystals at Incinerator Point

Sand weary feet................................

From Combers Beach

If a tree falls in the forest, can anyone hear it? I guess so...trail at Combers Beach was closed partway..........................

Inlet at Incinerator Point.....usually filled with water.....low tide now.

Massive twisted tree roots on trail at Schooner's Cove. I thought that trail was the best.

Tree hugging...a must.....at Schooner's Cove

Moss warts (that's what I called them) in the trees at Schooner's Cove. The birds were using them as nests)

Kelp. Love this shot. Looks slimy and slippery....great on the garden, by the way.

The island at Schooner's cove. The sand makes a natural boardwalk between the main land and the island......low tide.

Fungii...............................not edible.

Post nasal drip on the trees.

Boardwalk at Schooner's Cove...really outstanding. Trees left in natural state.

Climbing into the forest to get to the beach. Schooner's Cove is unique.

Old WW 2 path, leading down from Radar Lookout.

The Sound, from Radar Lookout.

Another view of the sound from radar lookout. Wild.

Not Dirt....Sand.....Tofino and Long Beach Day 1

4 as shadow puppets....I think we have a new calling

So, taking a break from dirt........going to focus on sand.......really like this sand. Long Beach. Tofino. On the farthest west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Fog rolls in on a daily basis, at all times of day. This is about 6 pm.

Dale walks along the expanse. Hardly anyone around at this time of day. Perfect weather as well.

Stephen with Morgan and Dale

Yours truly and the girls, standing in wet and cold and frothy pacific ocean

Stick feet in sand.....amaze yourself at its squooshiness.....cleaner than dirt.

Beautiful Long Beach

Surfing......one glorious past time at Long beach...

Looking towards first rays of sunset, and lots of sand to squelch.

At Duffinn Cove outcropping...not so much sand as rock......

Fascinated by leaf study.....lots of dead stuff at Duffin Cove.....................

Old trees....they grow in the old dirt, and are very leggy.I imagine that if they could, they would pull their roots out of the dirt and walk away into the ocean....

Moss hangs off the old trees at Duffin Cove.................

From the dock at Tofino.....more fog, more and more and more of it......