{"id":519,"date":"2010-08-08T15:23:24","date_gmt":"2010-08-08T21:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/?p=519"},"modified":"2020-12-11T08:14:34","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T14:14:34","slug":"summer-in-qb-beach-golf-hike-and-a-few-other-things-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/summer-in-qb-beach-golf-hike-and-a-few-other-things-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer in QB&#8230;Beach, Golf, Hike and a few other things too!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the name would suggest Qualicum Beach has good beaches! (click on the image for full size picture)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0168_reduced.jpg\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-525\" title=\"DSC_0168_reduced\" src=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0168_reduced-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0168_reduced-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0168_reduced.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0141_reduced.jpg\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-523\" title=\"DSC_0141_reduced\" src=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0141_reduced-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0141_reduced-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0141_reduced.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The three main ones are Rathtrevor, Parksville and Qualicum Beach and over the last couple months we have spent time at all of them.\u00a0 What do we at the beach?\u00a0 Well, being that this is the east side of the island &#8211; not too much surfing. But playing in the sand, flying kites and paddle boarding have all rated quite highly&#8230;the paddle boarding in particular has been popular with all ages!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/100_0011_reduced.jpg\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-520\" title=\"DCIM100SPORT\" src=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/100_0011_reduced-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0187_reduced.jpg\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-526\" title=\"DSC_0187_reduced\" src=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0187_reduced-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMGA0713_reduced.jpg\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-527\" title=\"IMGA0713_reduced\" src=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMGA0713_reduced-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMGA0888_reduced.jpg\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-529\" title=\"IMGA0888_reduced\" src=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMGA0888_reduced-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMGA0898_reduced.jpg\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-530\" title=\"IMGA0898_reduced\" src=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMGA0898_reduced-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/100_0037_reduced.jpg\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-521\" title=\"DCIM100SPORT\" src=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/100_0037_reduced-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMGA0759_reduced.jpg\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-528\" title=\"IMGA0759_reduced\" src=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMGA0759_reduced-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0144_reduced.jpg\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-524\" title=\"DSC_0144_reduced\" src=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0144_reduced-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0049_reduced.jpg\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-522\" title=\"DSC_0049_reduced\" src=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0049_reduced-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And yes, yes, yes &#8211; we never leave home without applying our 60SPF sun screen and hats! Aside from the beach we have also indulged in developing a new hobby (like Michele really needs another one..Ha!) Golf!\u00a0 There are no fewer than five 18 hole golf courses with 10 minutes of our house here.\u00a0 The closest one is the Qualicum Beach Memorial Golf Club, where we took lessons in June and have been attempting to master 9 holes in the evenings throughout July.\u00a0 Michele&#8217;s scores have ranged 75-86 for the 9, while Imbaw&#8217;s have been in the 65-72 range.\u00a0 Turns out we both like it a lot&#8230;and the scenery from Memorial doesn&#8217;t hurt either!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/100_0001_reduced.jpg\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-534\" title=\"DCIM100SPORT\" src=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/100_0001_reduced-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMGA0813_reduced.jpg\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-535\" title=\"IMGA0813_reduced\" src=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMGA0813_reduced-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMGA0818_reduced.jpg\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-536\" title=\"IMGA0818_reduced\" src=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMGA0818_reduced-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Together we have also been hiking!\u00a0 Englishman River Falls, Little Qualicum Falls, Cathedral Grove and Notch Hill are 4 separate but equally interesting trails we have conquered, all with 20 minutes driving of the house.\u00a0 On our last hike at Qualicum Falls Nathaniel actually hiked the whole loop himself on foot&#8230;not bad for 19 months!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0020_reduced.jpg\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-538\" title=\"DSC_0020_reduced\" src=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0020_reduced-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/100_0035_reduced.jpg\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-537\" title=\"DCIM100SPORT\" src=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/100_0035_reduced-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0098_reduced.jpg\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-539\" title=\"DSC_0098_reduced\" src=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0098_reduced-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0105_reduced.jpg\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-540\" title=\"DSC_0105_reduced\" src=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0105_reduced-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMGA0787_reduced.jpg\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-541\" title=\"IMGA0787_reduced\" src=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMGA0787_reduced-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>OK what else&#8230;a little local travel has also ensued&#8230;Victoria, where we saw Bucchart Gardens, the rocky coast, a bit of the night life and even the BC cancer agency.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMGA0905_reduced.jpg\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-545\" title=\"IMGA0905_reduced\" src=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMGA0905_reduced-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0048_reduced.jpg\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-542\" title=\"DSC_0048_reduced\" src=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0048_reduced-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0118_reduced.jpg\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-543\" title=\"DSC_0118_reduced\" src=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0118_reduced-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Abbotsford where we visited with family, some of whom are best photographed from a distance&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0028_reduced.jpg\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-548\" title=\"DSC_0028_reduced\" src=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0028_reduced-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0021_reduced.jpg\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-546\" title=\"DSC_0021_reduced\" src=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0021_reduced-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0026_reduced.jpg\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-547\" title=\"DSC_0026_reduced\" src=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0026_reduced-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And Finally, Comox where we saw Kris Valka with kids Ella, Sadie and Jack as well as celebrated a family birthday party (63rd) in style, with good scenery, good food and even a round of Bocce!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0148_reduced.jpg\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-552\" title=\"DSC_0148_reduced\" src=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0148_reduced-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0093_reduced.jpg\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-550\" title=\"DSC_0093_reduced\" src=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0093_reduced-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0135_reduced.jpg\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-551\" title=\"DSC_0135_reduced\" src=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0135_reduced-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0086_reduced.jpg\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-549\" title=\"DSC_0086_reduced\" src=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0086_reduced-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0086_reduced-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC_0086_reduced.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ah, Supernatural British Columbia!!\u00a0 Whatever that means&#8230; \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the name would suggest Qualicum Beach has good beaches! (click on the image for full size picture) The three main ones are Rathtrevor, Parksville and Qualicum Beach and over the last couple months we have spent time at all of them.\u00a0 What do we at the beach?\u00a0 Well, being that this is the east [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":559,"href":"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions\/559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.temptimes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}