Mile 18572

 Today is another nice morning and we decide to take a leisurely drive.  What better loop than the 163 mile long Pacific Marine Circle Route.  

We start in Victoria, BC finding Hwy-14 and go North to Sooke, BC.  Here we make an unscheduled stop to visit the Sooke Fine Arts Festival.  A nice art show, beautiful works, too many we liked, but not afford.  

Hwy-14 turn off in Sooke, BC, Lighthouse and Steam Wood Pontoon Boat

 Sooke also surprises us with some spectacular pictures of low laying clouds over the bay and beautiful beaches.  

Low Fog / Clouds over the bay in Sooke, BC

 After soaking up all those beautiful impressions, we continue to Shirley, BC and have lunch at a roadside coffee place called "Shirley Delicious", which it was everything the name suggests.  

Sheringham Point Lighthouse, Shirley, BC

 From here we follow the coast line, cross the Jordan River, and soon reach Port Renfrew, BC.  

Port Renfrew, BC and Wild Renfrew Seaside Cottages

 From here we turn East, and make our way over the mountains to Lake Cowichan, BC, to continue to Duncan, on the east side of the island.  From here it is South back to Victoria.

On the way to Lake Cowichan, Harris Cove

Highlight picture of the day at Fairy Lake

"Man does not weave this web of life.  He is merely a strand of it.  Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself."  -  Chief Dan George of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, located on the Burrard Inlet, a Coast Salish Band in the southeast area of the District of North Vancouver, BC.