Sunday June 19, 2011 Rhodo Hunt

The post Hospital Day hike was the annual searching for the Northern Rhododendron ... one group headed to Francis Evans place on Kumdis Island the orther headed to the Nadu/peatmoss plant area of the Edward Evans place.

We scrambled along the trail, crossed the stream then out to the old, very rickety dock ... down to the beach and then south to the breakwater ...the tides were perfect and we had a great walk, checking out lots of seaweeds and somefastmoving "starfish" ... overcast skies but no bugs, great for our hike!

When we got to the breakwater we headed inland, up the trail, marvelling at the work these pioneers had to do settling in such a remote area ... we were not disappointed when came to the entrance to the homesite ... the rhodos were waiting for us ... the whites almost over but the purple ones, some out and some just opening.
We spent time wandering around searching out the remains and perhaps imagining how easy our life is now when comparing it to the Evans.
Then time to return which we did in little groups ... the last group in had a great story to share about finding their lost glasses along the beach.

When when we were back off the beach we detoured to take a look at the some of the remains of the "peatmoss" plant ... trying to figure out what the round cement structure was used for?

It was another great day for the Over the Hill Hikers ... and of course we stopped at the Crow's Nest for our break on the way home.








Included are 2 photos from Dalzels's QCI Book 2
showing the Peatmoss Plant and the view from the Evans Homestead.