[Bcma-l] Sooke Region Museum - Cheewhat Cedar Bus Trip

[bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca]

THE FINAL DETAILS HAVE BEEN SETTLED FOR THE TRIP TO THE CHEEWHAT CEDAR.
TRAVEL WILL BE BY BUS AND HIKING WITH OUR GUIDE NATURALIST MAYWELL WICKHEIM.
SPACE IS LIMITED SO PLEASE BOOK SOON TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT!!

PASSENGERS WILL MUSTER AT THE MUSEUM AT 5:45 A.M. ON AUGUST 9TH, LEAVING
HERE AT 6:00 AM. WE WILL PROCEED WEST ON THE NEWLY UPGRADED PACIFIC MARINE
CIRCLE ROUTE
THROUGH PORT RENFREW TO LAKE COWICHAN. ON THIS ROUTE WE ARE ALSO ABLE TO SEE
THE HARRIS CREEK SPRUCE. WE’LL BE PROCEEDING VIA LOGGING ROADS TO ROSANDER
MAIN LINE AND THE NITINAT AREA, WHERE WE WILL HAVE OUR PICNIC
LUNCHES.

WE WILL THEN EMBARK ON THE HIKE – 1 ˝ HOURS THROUGH RELATIVELY ROUGH TERRAIN
IN TO
THE LARGEST WESTERN RED CEDAR IN THE WORLD, WITH AN ANCIENT PARTIALLY CARVED
LARGE CEDAR CANOE RESTING NEARBY. THERE WILL BE TIME FOR PHOTOS, A REST AND
A SNACK, THEN HIKE BACK TO ROSANDER MAIN LINE.

IF THE WEATHER IS CLEAR, WE MAY BE ABLE TO ALSO TAKE IN A SIDE TRIP, TO BE
DETERMINED LATER ON.

RETURNING TO CIVILIZATION, WE WILL PLAN TO STOP AT A RESTAURANT IN LAKE
COWICHAN WHERE EACH WILL BE ON THEIR OWN TO ORDER SUPPER. AFTER THIS
MUCH-NEEDED R & R STOP, WE WILL RETURN VIA PORT RENFREW, REACHING SOOKE BY
10:00 PM. IF NOT SOONER.
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TO BOOK, PLEASE REMIT $50.00 PER PASSENGER, PAYABLE TO SOOKE REGION MUSEUM;
PAYMENT MAY ALSO BE MADE BY VISA OR MASTERCARD.

IN ADDITION, IT IS NECESSARY TO BRING LOTS OF WATER FOR SIPPING DURING THE
DAY, A PACKED LUNCH, AND PROVISION FOR A RESTAURANT SUPPER. SUBSTANTIAL
HIKING FOOTWEAR SHOULD BE WORN, AND IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO BRING A JACKET AND
EXTRA CLOTHING IN CASE THE WEATHER IS INCLEMENT.