Leon Turnbull Photography

We got up early and drove down the road a short distance to magnificent Shannon Falls. When we drove past here the previous afternoon the park was completely packed. But this morning at sunrise? We were the only ones here. Actually, by the time we were done, quite a few more people had arrived. It was getting busy already, even so early on a weekday morning. This must be a popular waterfall! At least there was no one at the viewpoint when we first arrived. We had it all to ourselves for a short time.

Shannon Falls is indeed spectacular and right beside the highway (no wonder it is popular!) The total height of the falls is about 800 ft. high (only the bottom 495 ft. is visible from the base of the waterfall). After checking out the main viewpoint I went up the trail to find a way to get closer to it. I could not talk any of my family into coming with me. They just wanted to lounge about at the viewpoint. How boring. It was actually fairly easy to get right up to the base of the falls though slightly tricky on the big slippery rocks. As I was taking photos I could hear hollers and whoops from people that were up at the top of it (I could not see them). I assume it must be a pretty darn good view from up there. Why else would they be whooping so much? If I had more time I would have gone up to the top myself but we had a ferry to catch.

We arrived at the ferry terminal 1.5 hours before the sailing and barely made it on the boat. A lot of other people were traveling to the Sunshine Coast. I’m very glad we did not have to wait until the next sailing. That would have sucked.

On the other side we had lunch at Gibsons. At A&W again! More mozza burgers! Yumm! It is sure a good thing the rest of my family also likes A&W. Ha ha! After lunch we drove to Sechelt where we would meet up with my family. From there we all drove to Egmont where we would staying for two nights. It is a very pretty little place beside the harbor. We each had our own little cabin which was small but quite quaint. The only bad thing about it is that the bar closed very early each night. My brother in law was not happy about that. Ha ha! Also, apparently the guy in the cabin next to us played in the NHL, as my wife overheard. I did not recognize him so I decided not to bother him, I figured he must have been a fringe player. I would have felt bad if I had gone up to him and asked his name, and then did not recognize the name. Who are you? Oh that’s nice. I never heard of you!

It was a great day 2 on the Sunshine Coast. The next day would certainly be glorious. Right?