We had a good group of 11 people and 2 dogs. We parked on Valdez Road and walked the logging road to the shorter loop trailhead. We hiked through the new and the old forest to Village Bay where we stopped for a short break. The day had begun overcast, but cleared to a lovely day. We stopped again to admire the scenery from the rocky bluffs leading into Village Bay before continuing on the trail overlooking Hoskyn Channel. We stopped for lunch on the beach and then hiked back along the logging road to the vehicles. About 7 km, 2½ hours.
Julie Mellanby
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- Unripe Salmon berry
- Salal flowers
- Emerging sword fern
- Village Bay
- Garter snake
- Red Columbine