It was raining again. As usual, these days. And it was windy, too; from my front window, I could see froth on the waves in the channel. I wrapped the camera in plastic and took it for a drive.
The clouds seemed lighter to the south, and away from the coast, so I took the upper highway, and was rewarded, after about 50 kilometres, by pale sunlight filtering through a fine rain. A crossroads gave me a choice; upward and inland, I could see smidgens of blue sky. I took that road. It lead to the
Mount Washington ski hills. And up at the top, the sun was shining. The air was still and warm; I barely needed a jacket.
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| From an upper parking lot, looking back towards the road I came in on. |
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Snow so snowy white, small trees at this height (5520 ft), and ski tracks.
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| I like these shadows. |
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| Lichen growing on the downhill side of a tree. And a coating of ice on that side only. |
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| Squiggly icicles. |
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| I was intrigued by the cut edges of the snow cover. The lower strip shows repeated trips by the snowplows, but how did the upper strip get there? |
Halfway down the mountain again, I stopped at a viewpoint to look over the Comox valley.
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| The sun is shining down there! |
At the bottom of the hill, I turned north and homeward, into the wind and rain. No sunshine for us!
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Skywatch post.
Beautiful vista, that first shot. I've been to Washington in summer, but never this time of year, though I can see the peak across the strait from my front window.
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