Last of the West Coast Pics:

A few more miscellaneous pics:

Pipers Lagoon, Nanaimo: location for Orcas and Pacific Loons

Island View Beach

Great Blue Heron, Chemainus

The tide was out when we spent a lunch break at Chemainus. I enjoyed watching the crabs and other marine life scoot around in the tidal pools!

Greater White-fronted Geese, Panama Flats Park, Saanich B.C.

During a visit to the Victoria Bug Zoo on a rainy day, I held a scorpion in my hand. All scorpions fluoresce under ultraviolet light. The blue-green glow comes from a substance found in the hyaline layer, a very think but super tough coating in a part of the scorpion's exoskeleton called the cuticle. Scientists don't yet understand why they can do this but some theories include: It protects them from sunlight; it helps them find each other; it might confuse their prey. (https://kidsdiscover.com/quick-reads/makes-scorpions-glow-ultraviolet-light/)

Rocky Mountains photographed through the airplane window on the way home.