Rainy Sunshine Coast
August 11th 2009 The mainland coast of British Columbia from Powell River south to Vancouver is called the "Sunshine Coast," because it's in a rain shadow caused by the mountains on Vancouver Island; thus it's often sunny. Not this week.
Rain started on the ferry crossing from the island to the mainland at Powell River. I had camping reservations but did not want to camp in the rain. (I saw that people here do
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