One of the joys of trav­el­ing is unex­pect­ed­ly encoun­ter­ing a scene or land­scape that is so beau­ti­ful that it takes your breath away. That hap­pened to me last night as I was jour­ney­ing south towards the Unit­ed States-Cana­da bor­der. I decid­ed to detour off of High­way 99 into Lad­ner and Tsawwassen and came across this sight:

A Tsawwassen sunset
Sun­set on Sun­day, May 12th, as seen from Tsawwassen in south­ern British Colum­bia (Pho­to: Andrew Villeneuve/NPI)

I had­n’t expect­ed there to be much of a sun­set on Sun­day, espe­cial­ly con­sid­er­ing the low-vis­i­bil­i­ty rain­storms I’d been dri­ving through.

But as dusk approached, I noticed the sky was get­ting rosier, and that indi­cat­ed to me that a tru­ly great sun­set was get­ting under way.

For­tu­nate­ly, I was on a road that allowed me to pull over with no dif­fi­cul­ty once the hori­zon came into clear view, and get the shot you see above.

It’s eas­i­ly one of my favorite pho­tos of the trip.

At the moment the pic­ture was tak­en, the sky was filled with some pret­ty spec­tac­u­lar sun­beams, or cre­pus­cu­lar rays. These only last­ed for a few min­utes, and I’m very glad I did­n’t miss them. They add a lot of warmth to the image.

Any read­ers who have ever tak­en a fer­ry to Swartz Bay/Victoria have prob­a­bly been through Tsawwassen. It’s part of the Delta South rid­ing, which is cur­rent­ly held by an inde­pen­dent, Vic­ki Hunt­ing­ton. She’s expect­ed to retain her seat tomor­row.

About the author

Andrew Villeneuve is the founder and executive director of the Northwest Progressive Institute, as well as the founder of NPI's sibling, the Northwest Progressive Foundation. He has worked to advance progressive causes for over two decades as a strategist, speaker, author, and organizer. Andrew is also a cybersecurity expert, a veteran facilitator, a delegate to the Washington State Democratic Central Committee, and a member of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps.

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One reply on “B.C. Journal: A Tsawwassen sunset”

  1. Wow, what a breath­tak­ing scene. Very inspir­ing! More pho­tog­ra­phy, please.

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