Tag Archives: Comox Valley

C-FXFT

The Kaman K-1200 K-MAX “aerial truck” is the world’s first helicopter specifically designed, tested, and certified for repetitive external lift operations and vertical reference flight. C-FXFT, a 1994 Kaman K-1200 at the Courtenay Air Park This is an interesting helicopter … Continue reading

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Comox Valley and beyond

Comox Valley and Georgia Strait viewed from the Strathcona Parkway

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Mack Laing Nature Park – Baybrook

A look at, and in, Baybrook – Mack Laing’s first house in Comox. [fbalbum url=”https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.293659330757785.1073742106.123247217798998&type=3″ size=”187″]

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Mack Laing Park – Baybrook, Shakesides and Brooklyn Creek

The upper section of Brooklyn Creek flows down toward , Mack Laing’s first house after he moved to Comox in 1922. Baybrook The lower section of Brooklyn Creek flowing below Baybrook   Mack Laing’s second house, Shakesides was built in … Continue reading

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Comox Marina

A foggy morning at the Comox Marina

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Pipeline graffiti

Graffiti on the Puntledge penstock pipeline

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In the Forrest – fungus

Fungus in the forest – Nymph Falls Nature Park

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Nymph Falls

The Puntledge River at Nymph Falls as BC Hydro releases water from the Comox Lake reservoir in advance of heavy rain.

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Goose Spit – HMCS Quadra

Looking toward HMCS Quadra on Goose Spit

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At the quarry

A beautiful old truck along Cumberland Road

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