In the spring we spent a weekend camping on Galiano Island,
one of the small southern gulf islands only about an hour's ferry ride from Vancouver.
Other than a slightly stressful start to the trip.... Yeah so that one you just missed the
cut-off. Thankfully we do have room. So come the summer you may not make it if you're late.
...we were looking forward to a relaxing weekend away from the city.
It had been an incredibly wet spring. We decided to come
camping here last minute which meant we couldn't get any of the nicer reservable spots. Most of
the walk-in spots however were still flooded. Luckily, we still managed to get a dry one.
Cheers.
Overnight it had rained quite heavily. We had the foresight to set up a tarp the night before.
It wasn't perfect, but it was better than nothing.
Oh it's like sweet and spicy.
The plan for the day was to go pick up a friend who was staying on the
island and just explore some of the sights. The place she was staying at
also happened to be home to some quacking and honking miscreants.
After picking up some coffee,
we headed off to take in some of the beautiful scenery Galiano had to offer.
My goal for that evening was to build a good campfire. If you saw my last camping video
you'll know that we were unable to build and sustain a campfire, likely due to wet firewood,
which meant we couldn't cook our hot dogs on the fire. But this time I was ready.
I built the fire using the log cabin method and set the fire off with my firestarters,
which by the way, if you're looking for some great lightweight firestarters you
can get these at Bigfoot Bushcraft for 15% off with my code DAPHNEXPLORES.
They're windproof and waterproof, they catch fire quickly and they're
much lighter than the blocks of wood fibre that I was using in the past.
On our last morning, we took a quick walk around the campground area before setting off.