A hint that we're sharing this place with much longer-term residents. Fresh bear scat, no more than a few hours old. The children have to stay together." And, as we return from surfing on our last day, I spot a reminder. With two children, though, we're issued an early warning by Clay. There are occasional dangers: territorial sealions the odd pod of orcas giving chase to schools of steelhead but most of the time this is a place of preternatural peace and beauty. In winter it dips into the 40s come morning, you'll find ice in the tide pools. ![]() Most of the time, it hovers in the mid-50s and even in August, seldom gets warmer than the low 60s. ![]() In the summer, when were there, the waves are often smaller, but for an intermediate such as me, three- and four-footers are pretty much perfect. There is, indeed, such a wealth of natural beauty and interest that it can be easy to forget that Beano Creek is primarily a surf camp, and one, moreover, to which professionals are drawn for photo-shoots, particularly when winter storms throw up massive waves. Peering in the half-light, you can see a million tiny claw marks the base is soft with pine needles and shredded bark it's not hard to imagine bedding down here for the winter. One evening we review a hike we made earlier that day down the coast, when we'd lost ourselves in wonder at tidepools of extraordinary richness and variety - starfish in tangerines and purples yellow sea anemones with electric-green suckers - and had climbed through a forest of ancient red cedar, Douglas fir, Sitka spruce and hemlock.Īnother day we head off on a hike inland and explore the hallowed-out bottoms of 1,000-year-old cedars, which in winter serve as wolf dens. New West End Company BRANDPOST | PAID CONTENT.
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