Monday, June 27, 2011

PIW - Botanical Beach Pt.3 - To Conquer the Grotto

The Shorts and Gaiters Inaugural Adventure took place on June 5th and 6th of 2011. Karsten Klawitter (aka the Island Alpinist) and I have been on many wild and wonderous photoadventures and decided to take two days to explore the heck out of several sites around Southern Vancouver Island.

1 Places I've Wandered - Gonzalez Hill Sunrise
2 Places I've Wandered - Not Sooke Potholes
3 In Transit - From Sooke River to Botanical Beach
4 Places I've Wandered - Botanical Beach pt.1
5 Places I've Wandered - Botanical Beach June 2011 Pt.2 - Bear!
6 Places I've Wandered - Botanical Beach June 2011 Pt.3 - Intertidal Action & Emergency Bathroom
7 Places I've Wandered - Botanical Beach June 2011 Pt.4 - To Conquer the Grotto


Places I've Wandered - Botanical Beach June 2011 Pt.3 - To Conquer the Grotto

Come join our intrepid adventurers transitioning to a more shale sedimentary shoreline
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as they leave the sandstone behind.
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the water carves and creates protected havens for life to flourish
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In other areas of no protection it scours clean. Notice how the rainforest encroaches as close as it may.
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Storms and seas that toss around logs as if they were nothing. Placing them over carved rock and a hiding place for certain adventurers.
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We near another headland...
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Safe for now at low tide we explore around the foot of the headland. Faced with a slippery shelf we walk closer, turning a corner to discover...
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a way further in and further up
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The foot of the dark forest alongside the seashore, but we turned again to the sea and the sun.
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Where flowers bloom
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and we pause for a moment to contemplate
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to be continued...

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