Today Mrs E and I went for a trip up the road to Squamish. It’s a town that defines itself by the number of outdoor activities enjoyed there by the great unwashed of Vancouver. (I’ve smelt some of them… it’s not always a metaphor). We went for a bit of an amble right to the end of “Spit Road” which is basically just an unmade road going due South along the various low-lying islands and marshy bits between The Squamish River and the inlet into Squamish itself. Because of the wind being channelled up the Sound this is a hugely popular place for kite-surfers and wind-surfers. I’ve seen them many times from the top of The Chief, but it was interesting to reverse the view and see them up close, as well as The Chief in toto, instead as a vignette sweeping by from the car on the close-by Highway 99.
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- Layer Cake
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- Taking a rest
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- The Chief
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- Flat
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- The Chief through the trees
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- First look
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- Shannon Falls
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- Lean into it
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- Zipping along
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- Pulled by the wind
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- Heads Up
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- Collection of Kites
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- Mountain View
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- Sailing by the dock
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- Multi-coloured sail
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- Need for speed
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- Creating wake
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- Bowed in the wind
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- Meep meep
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- Gorgeous backdrop
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- Heading back to the dock
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- Mind the ship…
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- Feet up!
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- Eat my wake!
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- Slicing it up
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- Heading for the Falls
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- Pulling together
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- Made the 180
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- Allez-oop!
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- Carving up the sea
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- Pounding the waves
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- Up and away…
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- Catching air
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- On the way down
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- Fast Lady
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- Making a splash
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- Ready for launch
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- Hanging out by the dock
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- The Chief from the end of the Spit
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- Anvil Island, through the gap
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- Autumn Shades
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