Fortunately, the tsunami turned out to be no problem here in British Columbia. I did change my route for yesterday and called off the planned drive to Tofino, on the side of the island facing Washington State, but had a glorious day driving in the mountains of inland Vancouver Island, as far away from the ocean as I could get! More on that later. I know, I am SO FAR BEHIND posting but am accumulating lots of photos and stories. Just waiting for the proverbial rainy day…
Last night, after returning home from “Latin Night” in Campbell River (I was invited to tag along by my Airbnb hosts here, though none of us participated in the dancing), I learned that a wildfire was just detected on Tuesday, east of Vancouver, which may affect my travel early next week. A fire was detected in Sasquatch Park (I kid you not) and a large area has had mandatory evacuations imposed. It will likely affect getting to Route 3, which runs along the border with the United States, and which I was planning to take Tuesday morning of next week when I finish my stay in Surrey/Vancouver. I will monitor this situation closely.
And speaking of wildfires, sadly, the wildfire at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon has gotten MUCH WORSE and is now consuming much of the area north of the Park entrance on that side of the canyon.
Looking from the South Rim towards the North Rim entrance.
(Photo credit: The Weather Channel)
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