Pachena Bay Oct. 1974

Pictures by John Beames

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	The campsite using the parents old tent. You can see the bay in the background,		Fungus growing on the trail, just to prove that it is a rain forest.
	Actually it could be the foot of a sasquatch with all those toes!		Water was running everywhere at the side of th trail even though there had been no rain for a couple of days.
	My wife rests by the side of the trail on a carefully cut chair.		Just before you reach Carmanah Point and the lighthouse, you pass a section of the coast line where sea lions love to climb out of the water and sun themselves.
	It is quite the colony.		Lots of barking going on.
	Resting in the sun.		In this pic, you can see a cable that is used to bring supplies ashore in decent weather.
	This small building houses the cables and necessary materials to bring supplies ashore and connect the cable to theship that delivers. Everything is winched up the cable.		Carmanah lighthouse was the end of the trail for me. The trail continues down the coast, but this is the furthest that I have reached.
	The lighthouses along this coast provide two services, the first to warn ships of the danger and the second is to provide a safe haven for shipwrecked mariners.		The keeper lives on site year round.
	There is radio connection and television reception to increase the tedium of the job.		The only source of electricity is a generator that runs on diesel fuel. All the fuel is delivered by boat.
	An uprooted tree stump along the trail.		Twisted growth among the trees.
	A pit by the trail.		Carving intials while taking a rest break.
	Pretty colors.		The trail to Carmanah Point and lighthouse.
	Joan and I \.		A cut log in the path.
	Looking back at the beach at Pachena Bay from the trail.		Looking across the beach as the tide is going out.
	Lone figure on the beach.		Rocks and beach.
	Rocks and sand.		Footprints across the beach.
	Walking the beach.		Looking at the start of the trail.
	Ripples in the sand.

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