Girls Weekend!

I just got back from a couple of days at Yellow Point Lodge, a rustic resort on Vancouver Island. A friend of mine books a few days every year, and I got the invitation to join her last year, then again this year.

We stay in the barracks, a line of rooms with 3 walls and a curtain. This is my view from the room, every morning:

Here are a few more pictures of the same view - and one of the barracks, from the beach looking back:




The Lodge is built on a point beside the ocean. They built a gorgeous 50 meter salt-water pool into the natural rock on one side of the beach:

We went swimming, cycling, kayaking, ate a lot, and relaxed on the porch with a good book one afternoon. Saturday night there was a dance with a fantastic live band, plus a freak summer thunderstorm at the same time. The thunder and lightning lasted about 2 hours. A bunch of us ended up dancing on the patio outside in the rain to watch the lightning.

There is a lot of wildlife in the resort property, rabbits, quail and deer:

A very large tree:



And all good things must come to an end eventually. Here is an incredibly beautiful shot at sunset on our last evening: