Category: Adventure
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Early summer union
Beneath the watchful gaze of towering evergreens, fishing boats rest at anchor, cradled by a calm sea that underscores the snow-capped mountains. In the tender embrace of early summer, where light and shadow weave a quiet union, the world greens, inviting the soul to pause and ponder the dance of time and tide.
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Tea overlooking
The golden embrace of evening light, a lone blossom clings, its delicate petals glowing against the rugged coast. Overlooking the sea, where waves whisper, a moment of tea-soaked tranquility unfolds under the vast, active sky.
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Facing the wind
Beneath an azure sky streaked with clouds, the rover stands resolute on the rocky driftwood beach, facing the wind as waves crash and dance in the sunlit breeze. Its steadfast presence echoes the untamed spirit of the sea.
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Waterfront crew
Always enjoyable to roll down to the waterfront and enjoy the sunset as the season allows. Loading up the rover with friends and neighbours from near and far to share a moment together. The beach is quiet and cool at this time of year but spring may be around the corner.
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Craig’s Auto Camp
The late morning sun streams through into a clearing in the forest. The sound of the sea is in the distance and the flowers are blooming. For more than four decades starting in the 1930s for $1 per night road-weary overlanders could stay at Craig’s Auto Camp on the sea near Parksville. Today the last…
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Northern rover
A chance meeting along a dark shore, good reminders of times long past, and encouragement for the future. A rare sighting of spectacular aurora on Vancouver Island. Not only visible, but under perfectly clear skies, dancing directly overhead, filling the skies, and including pink and red colours that are rarely seen this far south. See…
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Defender of the north
A rare sighting of spectacular aurora in central Vancouver Island, a first for some. Not only visible, but under perfectly clear skies, dancing directly overhead, filling the skies, and including pink and red colours that are rarely seen this far south. See the series 2a version of northern lights here.
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Spring sea
The air is beginning to warm but the light still has an early spring clarity. Sitting on the warm v8 bonnet watching the sky play off the water. A chance passer-by becomes a new connection, facilitated by memories of rovers past.
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Black & white evening
It seems that contrast increases over time, things get sharper as the end approaches. Best to walk in the light while it is still called day.
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Sunset moon
The moon chases the setting sun across the sky as the light changes from gentle pastels to intense fiery tones. Just still and warm enough to enjoy lingering by the sea for late into the evening as the sun flies away for the night.
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Three poles
A location once known as “four poles” now down to three. The last remnant of a bygone era––now a landmark and meeting point. Most things change, some for the better, some disappear altogether, and some things remain. Keep a proper perspective and cultivate good fruit that remains.
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Feeling at home
A first visit to the forest on the island with Daisy, a 1997 Japan Specification Land Rover Defender 90 that spent a good portion of its life in the Kansai area. The air is still cool but the light makes it feel like spring is arriving. Several small items have been checked off slowly so…
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Secret drive
A lovely private drive winding in and out of the shadows of the forest on a sunny afternoon. A path beckons to one side, where might it lead? We are grateful for the invitations and opportunities as they come. Choose wisely, make the most of what is available, and steward it well.
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Defender on the island
1997 was the last year Land Rover Defenders were made for the Japanese and North American markets due to the increasingly heavy-handed safety regulations being introduced. It was also the only year that an automatic transmission was offered. The JAS and NAS are almost identical, even to the point of being left-hand-drive, powered by the…
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Bringing Daisy home
Daisy is a 1997 Japan Specification Land Rover Defender 90 (#594) that was made for the Japanese market, after a few years in the Tokyo area spent a good portion of its life near Osaka driven and cared for by a Japanese woman, and is largely original still and in reasonable shape for a 27-year-old…