Moving the hike from Monday, which was heavy rain and high winds, to Wednesday turned out well. It was a cool 3° but a beautiful sunny day. We walked down Haskin Farm Trail to the beach. We did not see any whales, but the water was fairly flat. The snow covered mountains in the background were spectacular. Then we went down Fircrest Trail admiring the big old growth trees on the way. The trail is in excellent condition as someone has been grooming it. From the pond at the golf course we circled the new houses to the top of the golf course. As we walked the top of the Gulf course, we couldn’t help but admire what good shape the golf course is in this year. On the south side of the course we crossed over into the woodlot and hiked back to the vehicles. (6 km, 2 hours)

Les