» Black Creek

By Nick Grimshawe on October 3, 2008 | 8 Comments 8 Comments Comments

Sunrise a Saratoga Beach Vancouver Island

This is the view that greeted me the other morning just a few steps from our rented cabin at Black Creek on Vancouver Island. Even this late in the year the weather held for us on our trip. To get to Black Creek we took a Ferry, called what else! but “Coastal Inspiration” from the British Columbia mainland to Duke Point on Vancouver Island.

Here is a picture of a freighter we passed on our way over.

A freighter on the water

Black Creek is about an hour and half drive up the coastal highway with a view of the water most of the way.

Here is a couple of shots of our cabin.

A view from inside our cabin looking out at the ocean

A view from inside our cabin out at the ocean

You can almost see a packet of potato chips, they are John’s not mine. Honest! The Cabin is a converted boat house with alot more character than the others at the same resort.

The Cabin as seen from the beach

I discovered this little guy on one of my walks:

A woodpecker who did not seem to mind me photographing him as he worked

A woodpecker who did not seem to mind me photographing his as he worked

At night sitting, around the fire pit, listening to the wood crackle and gazing at the stars gave me a chance to really let go and truly relax. We all need to do this from time to time. You don’t have to travel far away to do this. What you need to do is find a space that allows peace to seep in through your pores. Where is your place?

Here is a quote which for me describes the process:

We spend most of our time and energy in a kind of horizontal thinking. We move along the surface of things [but] there are times when we stop. We sit still. We lose ourselves in a pile of leaves or its memory. We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper.

Source: James Carroll

I had a great time, recharged my batteries, and took time to reconnect to the universe.

What is your favorite way of allow peace to seep through your pores? Let me know I would love to hear from you.