Popular Post shootingstar Posted July 17, 2021 Popular Post Share #1 Posted July 17, 2021 So my 3rd ever seaplane ride was better than lst 2 in past 20 yrs. because it was longer and saw lots more. It was just under 1 hr. with a stopover at Saltspring Island after visiting friends on Vancouver Island...before we got to downtown Vancouver. I said to a staff member by the steps: I bet some women are dumb enough to wear high heels to get on..and off. Yea for Wilbur and Zephyr these rides are old hat. 9 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Wilbur ★ Posted July 17, 2021 Popular Post Share #2 Posted July 17, 2021 Old hat but still fun. There is no better flight experience than BC in a floatplane. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted July 17, 2021 Share #3 Posted July 17, 2021 Sounds fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted July 17, 2021 Share #4 Posted July 17, 2021 So where are the photos you took from the plane? I have a cousin who lives on Salt Spring Island. She is 100% hippie, so she fits right in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted July 17, 2021 Author Share #5 Posted July 17, 2021 34 minutes ago, Rattlecan said: So where are the photos you took from the plane? I have a cousin who lives on Salt Spring Island. She is 100% hippie, so she fits right in. This flight was from Maple Bay. Car drive all the way from Cowichan Bay village. Above was Maple Bay. Below is at Saltspring Island..which photo only gives part of what the island is like. In Vancouver, I once biked to the seaplane area and locked up bike. Boarded a seaplane to Victoria, BC where I had a job interview. Then came back in a few hrs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted July 17, 2021 Share #6 Posted July 17, 2021 53 minutes ago, Rattlecan said: She is 100% hippie, so she fits right in. Hey! I am 99% non-hippie and I fit right in. That is one of the many beauties of Salt Spring. It is an incredible art community and home to Robert Bateman, formerly a Burlington teacher as you know. This photo shows everything you need to know about Salt Spring. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted July 17, 2021 Share #7 Posted July 17, 2021 Very cool. The company I work for was founded/ran by a guy who had a sea plane. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted July 17, 2021 Share #8 Posted July 17, 2021 Tell us more about your well deserved vacation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted July 17, 2021 Share #9 Posted July 17, 2021 3 hours ago, Wilbur said: Hey! I am 99% non-hippie and I fit right in. That is one of the many beauties of Salt Spring. It is an incredible art community and home to Robert Bateman, formerly a Burlington teacher as you know. This photo shows everything you need to know about Salt Spring. Is Robert Bateman still alive? Hmm, guess I could just look that up. (Google google google.) Yup, still alive. In a previous life, we had a print of one of his paintings, but the ex took that because it was hers. Randy Bachman lived there at one time too, but don't think he does now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted July 17, 2021 Author Share #10 Posted July 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Airehead said: Tell us more about your well deserved vacation. Enroute to Vancouver from Saltspring island. Over more Gulf Islands. Food pic is at friends' back deck overlooking Cowichan Bay. Every day I saw little green-headed Anna's hummingbirds zipping around, goldfinch birds, blue herons, turkey vultures and bald eagles fly around. Of course we had to go to local winery to get some white wine for dinner. My friend was trying figure out how they could get her 94 yr. old mother (who uses a walker and sometimes needs to be in wheelchair), to the back deck because there are some stone steps down to the house and up from front door into living room before getting to back deck. All she wishes now is to simply sit there and bask for hrs. in the beautiful views. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted July 17, 2021 Share #11 Posted July 17, 2021 @shootingstar, You shouldn't post this or those pesky Americun's will start showing up again! Was Rick Mercer your pilot? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted July 17, 2021 Share #12 Posted July 17, 2021 3 of my most memorable west coast dives have been on floatplanes. Just sayin' 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted July 17, 2021 Share #13 Posted July 17, 2021 6 minutes ago, Zephyr said: 3 of my most memorable west coast dives have been on floatplanes. Just sayin' Yeah taking a dive in any plane would be memorable I should think 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted July 17, 2021 Author Share #14 Posted July 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Wilbur said: @shootingstar, You shouldn't post this or those pesky Americun's will start showing up again! Was Rick Mercer your pilot? The clip showcases the beauty of the flight and area... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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