Morgan Hill Family Band

One evening the Cove brought in a group with the B.C. Fiddlers named The Morgan Hill Family Band.  Father, Mother and 23-year old daughter.  Dad played guitar and mandolin, the mom played big bass, accordion and guitar and the daughter played guitar and fiddle.  At 23, she teaches violin and fiddle and they all sing.  A real wide range of music but much of it was along the sounds of bluegrass.  Very entertaining and outside at the end of the pier.

Last Saturday, the Cove hosted a craft fair and on Sunday, a fishing derby.  A woman from Calgary won the derby with, I think, a 34 lb. King salmon and it was her very first time fishing for salmon.  The Cove also has private contractors that offer whale watching, grizzly bear watching tours and even a reconditioned whale-watching boat that  offers private, individual berths for extended sea trips.  

On Wednesday (can't remember the date) for the mere price of $5.00 for an "old lady" ticket, I got to watch the Royal Canadian Mounted Police "Musical Ride" up in Port Hardy, which is almost up to the end of the island.  17 men, 16 women, all on extremely matched black, tall Hanovarian horses specially bred in Canada.  The promoters had the performance timed to the tide because the riders rode on a 200' by 300' stretch of beach when the tide went out.  It was just spectacular!!  The horses were so matched that except for a few white socks, I don't know how they can tell them apart.  One horse in particular was 17-3 hands tall!!!

Hopefully, the rider has lonnnnnggg legs.

The view from the shore across to the mainland of British Columbia was stunning along with the beautiful horses and uniforms and watching the drill routines the riders put the horses through.  What an experience!  

There were so many horses and riders that I could not get them all in the same shot.