Last day on Mayne

We decided on a hike for our last day, and chose St. John Point, on the southwest corner of the island.
The trail was a loop, and we gravitated to the ocean side as a starting point.  The trail to the beach was wide, but finding the start of the loop was a challenge.  Finally we spotted the narrow entrance to the woods path on a hill above the water.  The views were amazing.

We stopped a lot to take photos

We could see Pender Island to the west and further along, Saturna to the south.  We saw seals and huge sea lions - the sound of their breaths when they came up for air carried across the water.

The trail was narrow and rocky, and we went slowly; much to our surprise we rounded a corner and saw two chairs!

A good spot to rest and admire the view

Further on we looked down and saw a heron standing on a mass of kelp, fishing.  We watched and took pictures until he flew away to another bunch of kelp.

What's that we said - is that a heron?

We watched it catch and eat a small fish

It flew to another kelp bed

We reached the end of the ocean portion of the trail and realized it was later than we thought, and we had a ferry to catch!  So after only a few bites of a late lunch we headed into the forest.  Luckily the path through the woods was easy walking and soon it turned onto an old logging road.  We got back to the car with lots of time to get to the ferry terminal.  We'd had a wonderful three days.

We had parked beside Horton Bay and returned to see the late afternoon sun creating shadows and reflections on the water