Orca Sighting

Last weekend my parents, Matt and I went for a hike in East Sooke Regional Park outside of Victoria. It was about a 2 mile hike along the Coast Trail from the parking lot at Alyard Farm to Beachy Head. From the trail we sighted a pair of sea otters and were treated to great coastal views of the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Olympic Penninsula. The trail was quite well marked although we did have to do a bit of scrambling along the way. When we arrived at Beachy Head we were lucky enough to see about eight orca whales swim by! It was an amazing sight.

I’ve posted a few more photos in a Sooke Hike photoset. My mother’s Vancouver Island photoset is also definitely worth a look.