I’m delighted to share some photos of Western Canada with you over the next few weeks in our Sunday Editions! My husband and I recently took a trip to the Pacific coast, where we spent a few days on Saltspring Island and then a few days on Vancouver Island.
Today’s photos are from Saltspring, which is one of the Canadian Gulf Islands just north of Washington state’s San Juan Islands. We rented a cottage at a resort that covered an entire (small!) point. I could get used to seeing the ocean from my bed! This rustic Adirondack chair was beautifully situated out on the point to enjoy a view of harbor seals and birds. No matter how long I sat here and stared out, though, I didn’t see any whales.
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Welbury Point, home of Spindrift Resort on Saltspring Island, BC
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Ruckle Provincial Park, Saltspring Island, BC
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Southey Point, at the north end of Saltspring Island, BC
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Valerie Comer is a USA Today bestselling author and a two-time Word Award winner who writes where food meets faith and fiction. She injects experience laced with humor into her green clean romances. Her life on a small farm in western Canada provides the seed for stories of contemporary inspirational romance. Like many of her characters, Valerie and her family grow much of their own food and are active in the local foods movement as well as their church. She only hopes her creations enjoy their happily-ever-afters as much as she does hers, shared with her husband, adult kids, and adorable granddaughters.
Hi Valerie, beautiful photos. It sounds like you had a great holiday, pity about absentee whales. Saltspring Island looks like it would be great for some paddling and mountain biking.
We spent the day doing some landscaping work- before winter really sets in!!
Blessings:)
Hi Valerie! Inspiring photos of a beautiful island. Why is the island named Saltspring? Is the spring salty? Looks like a beautiful place “to be still and reflect on God’s beauty and goodness.” Wishing you a beautiful and restful Sunday. Thanks for sharing.
My friend lived in Anacortes in the San Juan Islands. I also was thinking yesterday about my trip to Vancouver Island.
Glad you got a few days away.
I love when you share photos of the places you have visited! Since I cannot get there myself, I feel like I had a visit through you!
Yes, on both counts! There are three long, deep harbors on Saltspring, and with other islands close by, there is a lot of sailing and paddling in the protected waters. Also yes to cycling, since much of the island is of similar elevation (unlike most of the nearby islands, which are steeper).
Here, of course, our yard work is preparing and planting gardens!
It is a beautiful place, for sure! It seems the island has been known as Saltspring (alternatively written as two words, Salt Spring) since the mid 1850s. Yes, there’s a spring of salt water on the north end of the island, where a spa now exists. Of course, there are plenty of springs with sweet water, too!
The San Juans and the Gulf Islands are part of the same chain, just divided by an international boundary! I’ve visited several of the Gulf Islands, and each is amazingly unique considering their proximity.
I haven’t been on Fidalgo Island (Anacortes), but I’ve seen it from the water. :)
Yay! That’s my purpose for sharing photos like these, to take everyone along on a little vacation!
Lovely Adirondack chair picture/view :-)
I sat there for quite a while one evening!
That chair sure looks inviting, Valerie.
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Beautiful setting. I could sit in the chair for hours. If it wasn’t too hot, that is.
I agree that they are beautiful photos! It would be fun to enjoy while reading a book!
Oh, I hope you enjoy the boxset!
That’s the beauty of the north Pacific coast. The weather is (nearly) always temperate!
I was too busy watching for whales! I read in bed instead LOL.