Yea dude palm trees, depending on where you are on the island its a fairly temperate winter here.

Where on the island are you? I am in Victoria, some interesting things here to check out 😉. I’ll come clean also, I would love to meet my first person from the steemit community! I know a fair amount about the island, lived here all my life and depending on what your into there are limitless possibilities just need to drive a little.

I highly suggest doing the Crofton -> SaltSpring Island -> Vancouver ferry trip on your way back, super scenic and depending on which ferry(depends on schedule) you catch off of SSI you could do “the milk run” which stops at all the gulf islands before dropping you off at Vancouver. You can’t get off at the other gulf islands but at least you could get some interesting pictures. I think the ferry ride works out cheaper also, pay to get onto SSI but not off not sure if the rumours of talks about that changing for the Vancouver route have happened yet or not.

On SSI I would suggest checking out Ruckle Park and the Saturday Market right downtown Ganges. If you have a decent car with clearance or a suv you could go up Mount Maxwell which over looks Mill Bay but you can usually see clear down into the US. It’s a good day visit but it’s fairly quaint.

Yea all that smoke from Kamloops is just lingering between Vancouver island and the mainland. Smoke has been an issue here for awhile, if you look closely on my pictures or vlogs from my vacation you can clearly make out the haze lingering pretty low agains the mountains. It seems to be getting worse here every year, but Port Alberni is always the worse being a valley with an inlet to the ocean. The fires are starting earlier and earlier and lasting that much longer, I remember as a kid writing about them usually starting mid August but now it’s mid July.

Ok long enough comment😅

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