Occasionally my Dad has to work out of town, which means
random travel opportunities for me. So this morning I got up
at 5:00 am to join him on his trip to Salt Spring Island, BC
Heading to the Ferry
On board the Salt Spring Ferry
Skeena Queen Victoria
Riding next to the Pepsi Cola
truck
truck
Nothing but clear semi-clear open skies
They don't call it "Beautiful British Columbia" for nothing!
Lighthouse
Almost at Fulford Harbour
After a short 25 minute boat ride, we arrived at Fulford Harbour in Salt Spring
From here, it's just a short drive past farmland, wineries, pottery barns, hippies
and dreadlocks, until you make it into Ganges (where most of the shops are located)
Salt Spring Natureworks Local Foods Grocery Store
Pineapple, Bananas, Coconut, Lemons, Limes, Grapefruit, Watermelon!
Aisles packed full of Health Foods and Supplements
Many different Treats and Baked Goods to Choose From
Mmm Granola, Cookies, and Snack Bars!
Nut Butters, Jams, Jellies, and Honey
True Grains Mill Cookies; Cranberry Pecan Spice, Carrot Spice,
Fresh Ginger, Dark Chocolate & Roasted Almond Spelt, and more!
Fresh Ginger, Dark Chocolate & Roasted Almond Spelt, and more!
Pantry items
Energy Bars, Snack Bars, Granola Bars
Balance Raw Bars
Organic Date Almond Rolls
Organic Dried Pineapple
Slices and Organic Ginger Chunks
Slices and Organic Ginger Chunks
Canisters of Loose Leaf Teas
And canisters of Herbs, Powders, and Superfoods
hOMe Grown Living Foods Raw Granola
Missing Goat Organic Fresh Batch Jams; Very Very Raspberry,
Blueberry with Lavender, and Rhubarb with Rosemary
Zebroff's Organic Jams; Cherry, Crab Apple, Plum, and Green Gage Plum
Big D's Bees Local Honey
Ice Creams and Frozen Novelties
Blue Mountain Cashew Creamery Organic Non-Dairy
Raw Ice Creams; Chocolate, Vanilla, and Cappuccino
Organic Vegetables
Organic Greens
And check out this Kabocha Squash! Organic Blue Stellar
Kabocha Squash looks nothing like the type i'm used to
The fresh produce kept coming...
Dried Beans, Grains, Nuts, Seeds, and Spices
, Grains, Nuts, Seeds, and Spices
At the checkout; Chocolate Beach Organic Fair Trade
Stay tuned for Salt Spring Part 2
22 comments:
Are there any shops like this in Victoria?!
What a great grocery store!!
All those bars! Mmm!
I would love to visit that store!
Oh Salt Spring - it has been years since I've been there - maybe I can convince my friend to go with me when I'm in Victoria for the weekend. It's definitely easier to get there from the island than from the mainland. Such a beautiful place - have a great trip!
Wow, what a great report (and photos) about Salt Spring Natureworks! You really should come over on market day too, I think you'd love all the fresh local foods and yummy surprise treats.
Your cloud photos are breathtaking, btw. Seriously.
What a delightful health-food store! I like local ones like this much more than the big-whole-foodsy-type chain stores... they have so much more character.
And your pictures of the ocean and sky are lovely... when I think of you, I tend to think of a blue sky, just because you always seem to photograph it so well. :)
I am sooo jealous! This place is amazing! It is beautiful, it is close to water and the best grocery store ever is located there. But on the other hand, if this store was close to me, I'd run out of money in no time :) .
I loved BC when I vistied! such a beautiful province. I totes went on this ferry too :)
The food, the views oh it all looks too good to be true!
I've definitely put this on my travel lust list :)
This is the kind of place that I'd have to go into clutching a limited amount of money and without my credit card or I'd spend everything on it! Like a kid in a (healthy) candy store... The scenery looks gorgeous too. Hope you have a good trip!
The scenery pictures are stunning (I NEED to get out to BC someday!) and that store... wow it's like a complete healthy food heaven. Insane! Did you buy out the place?!
Wow, so many different goodies to choose from! :) I love the photos.
Whitney
I love going through local stores when I travel! That place looks like a little piece of heaven!
Ever since I started reading your blog I have Victoria BC as a dream destination spot -- I like to think when I finally get there I will be at a much better place in my life and celebrating.
Thanks so much for sharing the photos and feeding my desires <--food pun! How about that?
PS- Those jams? Rosemary and Lavendar? SWOON.
Those photos are breathtaking! I love watching the sun coming up :) That grocery store looks like ABSOLUTE HEAVEN I could wander around health food stores for hours just looking at all the wonderful stuff they carry and this one looks like it was very well stocked! I want to try that lavender jam ....mmm....
MMM, that store looks AMAZING!!
and love the sun photos!!
Wow - thats quite the selection eh? I havent been to Salt Spring since I was little. Cant wait to see part 2. :)
What an awesome boat ride and what an amazing store...I want to check out all of the spreads they have!
That sounds like an amazing trip!
Beautiful BC is right! I always wanted to go to Salt Spring when I lived in Van but never made it over... though I'm POSITIVE that if I'd ever seen that store I would have moved right in and never gone home again!!
Wow, that' is the best organic shoppe I've ever seen. I can go crazy in there and spend all of my money.
(catching up some of the posts here!)
WOW, I've never been to Salt Spring Island and just looking at your posts, I really want to go now!
Urrghh only if my mom didn't go back to Korea in August, we could have went there together!! :( But it does definitely seem like a BEAUTIFUL place - the views are fantastical!
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