Ok, so not exactly travel, but a weird day nonetheless.  I was on top of a ladder when Heather, who knows I’m interested in these kinds of things, called to say “there’s a submarine in our harbor’

Indeed, there was…

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HMSC Victoria just offshore of Powell River, 1 May 2013. Here the Coast Guard is evacuating one of the crew, who needed medical care.

I followed the sub all the way down to Myrtle Rocks. One of Canada’s aging Sea Kings came by as well, and they dipped sonobuoys, popped multicolored smoke, and picked up several divers from the water. All, sadly, while I was climbing up Myrtle Rock. The sub was submerged by the time I got to a good vantage spot…

Coast Guard flies over for a look.

HMCS Victoria, with Texada Island and the Comox glacier in the background.

Definitely not something you see every day…

Myrtle Rocks is always fun anyway…