A goat.

When I'm in the woods doing hiking or orienteering, I'm always conscious of wild animals. In BC, the two most talked about are bears and cougars. By cougars I mean the cat and not the desperate older women (I suppose they could be a threat too).

This weekend I was orienteering. I was traveling parallel to a cliff-face attempting to attain a path. I wasn't far behind another person when I heard, "Aaahhh, goat!". At that moment, I stopped scrambling and started to stand. Goat horns crashed by, inches from my face. I saw the horns and its behind, but that's the most I saw of the goat. So, this weekend I was almost mauled by a goat in a park. It would at least make for an interesting obituary.

For all those that plan to visit and hike, be careful there are bears, cougars and goats out there.

Carmanah Provincial Park

Here are some pics from Carmanah Provincial Park.

Not easy to get to.


A nice view along the way.


The three sisters (each about 80 meters tall).


A giant 6 inch slug.