For miles you see through clean air until a rainbow magically appears through misty rain.
The rainbow takes your breath away!
(Preferable to Los Angeles smog, which has also taken my breath away.)
You wouldn't believe the luck of people who live on the Saanish Peninsula in the vicinity of Victoria on Vancouver Island, BC.
The air is clean, views spectacular and canoeing, kayaking, biking, and long walks are par for the course on a summer day.
Yesterday, my Victoria friend Deb and I walked along the beach in Cordova Bay, climbed rocks, soaked in beauty of the San Juan Island view, and ah, Ah, AH moments kept pausing our in-depth conversation where we almost saved the world.
A seal played in the water yards away.
Cloud formations lightly danced in a view stretching to Mount Baker in Washington state.
A mosquito bit my thigh.
Then we came home and while I cooked and Deb read to me from her favorite new book (mine too now), A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz--a light rain started leading to a magnificient light show beyond the double window doors where Deb has a view of Cordova Bay and San Juan Island.
A huge rainbow shot up to the heavens and arched over the entire bay. A double rainbow! Colorful. ah, Ah, AHHHH where's the camera?
The rainbow was followed with thunder and lightening, crackling and popping over the water, a spectacle to see. I can't believe I'd invited Deb to the planetarium that night and we decided to pass, thankfully.
Later today we'll return to rock climbing by the Bay with our cameras so I can show you too.
I could get used to it here on the Saanish Peninsula, which, if you like trivia, the land was purchased from Coast Saanish people in 1850 for 386 wool blankets.
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