Search and Rescue

Sitting at the lip of the Cormorant's bay.

One of the SAR CH-149 Cormorants from Comox was practicing maneuvers with our local CCGS Cape Caution

one day last week. I watched them winch down 3 SAR personnel, from the Cormorant to the deck of the

Caution, not an easy thing to do in the wash from that propeller.

Hanging by a thread.

Note that he - or she - is wearing a full wetsuit,. Even aside from maybe going in the chuck, that's a lot of

wet thrown up by the Cormorant.

Still hanging, but ...

And I will readily admit that whoever it is on the end of that cable, they have more nerve than I do.

,,, getting closer.

The Caution has a 14' beam, which is not an overly large target.

And the eagle has landed!

Gold, Rust and Green

At Cranberry Lake, looking toward Lindsay Park. I posted a similar view last year; this

year the colours are a few weeks earlier. We don't get the bright colours they do
in parts east, but the coast has many other blessings to compensate.

Beyond My Means

Waterfront property that is. The backside of the houses on Willingdon Ave.

Practicing

I think it safe to say that one does not expect to hear the sound of a lone French Horn

while passing through the park at Willingdon Beach, yet there it was.

On investigating, I must say I concur with our musician - when you have time off work

and need to practice on a gorgeous autumn day, what better place than the

Amphitheatre at Willingdon. Though he did say it was a little cold on the fingers.

Duck Lake Vistas

The view at Duck Lake last Sunday morning. Top, with an 85mm lens, below, with a 35mm. This is my church on a Sunday.

At The Weir

To escape the fog in Westview on Sunday morning I headed inland, and made my

first stop at the Haslam Lake weir, where the lake drains into Lang Creek.

This has been, and remains, one of my favourite scenes, I've taken photos here
several times and will probably do so again. 

More Fog

The weatherman said "foggy patches" for Saturday morning, but the reality was a thick

blanket across the coast that spread a good bit inland.

This is the Upper Willingdon pathway.