West Coast Wonderlust : Low Tide Luck: Whytecliff Park, West Vancouver, BC , Canada

This Saturday after a long day of teaching swimming lessons, Aaron and I decided to head out to Whytecliff Park in bruce for the afternoon while we waiting for 5 o'clock to roll around so we could go pick up my mother Cathy from the sea bus.

Bruce

She came down for the weekend to visit and attend the 2014 ECEBC conference. As Aaron and I ripped along Highway 1, the rain started pouring. Aaron continued to claim it would get nicer and the rain would come to an ease the closer we got to West Vancouver because they pay the big bucks for the good weather. He wasn't completely wrong, the rain settled to a mild dribble. We drove along the windey roads all the way to Whyitcliff Park.

When we got there, we noticed the tide was much much lower then we'd ever seen it before. Lucky for us we were right! The tide was incredibly low and we could actually walk all the way out to Whytecliff Islet and climb all the way up and out to the far edge. Normally with the tide at its normal height, the ridge of rocks that connects the islet to the rest of the park is mostly or completely submerged making it difficult to cross at best and dangerous at worst. On our walk along the beach we noticed some open water scuba driver running some rescues and diving courses.

Mussels

As we clamoured our way across the slippery and mussel-covered rocks to the top of Whytecliff Islet the wind began to slow and the rain paused for a bit. Both Aaron and I reached the top after being very thoughtful with our footing. The view was incredible.

- K & A