{"id":5744,"date":"2014-03-24T08:30:45","date_gmt":"2014-03-24T15:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/?p=5744"},"modified":"2014-03-24T08:30:45","modified_gmt":"2014-03-24T15:30:45","slug":"picspam-the-final-hiking-the-hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/24\/picspam-the-final-hiking-the-hills\/","title":{"rendered":"picspam the final: hiking the hills"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before the show on Tuesday, we went hiking up in the hills around Cumberland, then came back into town and ate a late lunch, and played some because we good. Anna saw Simon getting ready for the show out the living room window – being next to the venue has advantages!<\/p>\n

The show photos, I posted on Friday<\/a>, but here, have some hiking:<\/p>\n


Sketchy Sign is Sketchy. Also six years old.<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n


Into the Woods<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n

One of the effects of having been under and up against the ice shield is that the topsoil – like that of many rainforests – is thin topsoil, particularly in mountains. The rock you see here is actual bedrock. These mountains pushed back the glaciers, but everything else was pushed away:<\/p>\n


How Thin Our Soils<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n


There’s coal in these hills, along with other minerals;
this was not far from a mine operating into the 1960s.<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n


Another stream; more bedrock<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n


Lovely without exception<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n

Further down the hill we walk past the site of the former Cumberland Chinatown – this used to be a much<\/em> larger town, back in the mining days – and get down the slough. It’s a bit mosquito-heavy in the summer, I’m told – particularly for Cascadia! – but this time of year, no such problem:<\/p>\n


The Slough<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n

After hiking around all morning, we stopped at Tarbell’s for lunch – Anna didn’t quite buy the hot chocolate with sortilege (feeling it’s a bit early to be drinking at 2pm) but the pastries were all quite good, were the sandwiches. Anna had a breakfast biscuit with egg she quite liked, too.<\/p>\n


Lecturing after Lunch at Tarbell’s<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n

After that, of course, the show at the Cumberland Public House<\/a>. Then next morning we headed back to Vancouver for bagels and cider and then home. Lots of fun all around.<\/p>\n

This photo came from that trip back, but still on the island, the last time we stopped before hitting Victoria on the way to the ferry:<\/p>\n


The Coastal Stream<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n

I didn’t really have anywhere else to put it so it’s here. So how’ve you been? ^_^<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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