Penultimate Day
Heat Wave Looms Thu Jun 24th Pacific Banana Slug It appears that as we prepare to head back to the city, a heat-wave warning has been issued for the Pacific North-West through to next Tuesday. Temperatures are forecast to reach between 29c - 37c according to this morning's news, depending on your location in BC. Saturday, the day of our drive and ferry back to North Van and Sunday, being the hottest. There will be no cooling Mixal Lake to dip into though there are creeks Jack can swim in North Van. We rather hope the suite we go back to, which was cool in April being in the North facing lower-back part of the property will be as cool this visit! On our walks around the local trails, we have been struck by the number of slugs. Small black ones to the much larger Pacific Banana slugs. The picture on the right was one of the biggest, as measured alongside my size 11 walking shoe. There are no hedgehogs in Canada, though there are ...