Last night in the pub watching the Oilers, we met a nice guy named Don who gave us clamming tips and where to go. He guarantees us they are safe to eat so we figure we will give it a try. We head to the Nanoose Bay Shell Fish Reserve and manage to safely get down the bank to the muddy beach. Don had suggested digging clams as close to the water as possible so nothing has been sitting out of the water very long. We first use a shovel and realize we are sadly mutilating the clams as the shovel crushes through them. We figure out the process...gently slide the shovel in to remove the top 3-4 inches of sand and then start to dig with your hands. This works well. Chris is the expert!
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| Huge Geoduck clams |
We spend about 45 minutes and end up with about 30 clams, mainly Geoduck but some Butter clams. We rinse them in the salt water and then it's a bit of an effort to get the bin (forgot our bucket) with water and clams up to the truck.
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| Clams for supper? |
Next we check out a couple regional parks in the area. Moorecroft and Beachcomber. Both are gorgeous with walking paths and black rocks to clamber over. We even find some mussels growing at Beachcomber to add to our clams for supper.
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| Beach art |
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| What a view from these houses |
Late in the day we head to Englishman River Falls. WOW is how to sum them up. Clear water cascading over the huge rock that plummets a loooong way down. Best fall of the area :)
We do the 1.5 km walk around the falls. Very rugged and beautiful as always.
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| Look way up!! |
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| We love this Inukshuk art |
Our last stop of the day is a quick walk on the Parksville public beach. We really like this place and will consider coming back for a longer length of time one day :)
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| More rock art...lovely. |
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