I Want To Breathe Fresh Air

By John McLachlan

In my post Ten Romantic Reasons For Living Out Beyond the fourth reason I gave was that the I want to breathe fresh air.

I currently live in a city with relatively clean air, but it’s still not as clean as on the island I’m moving to.

The fact that our house location will be about 150 feet from the shore means breezes are ever-present and those breezes blow very fresh air from across Lambert Channel in the Strait of Georgia.

It is true that for a few days a year when there is no wind, some smoke from fireplaces can hang  in the air but still the quality of the air is consistently superior to a that of the city.

Of my ten romantic reasons, this is one that is the least subjective.

It would be hard to find anyone who could fault the health benefits of breathing cleaner air living out beyond.

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Image above is of Darren Bond and dog, Kepler on a summer evening looking out on Lambert Channel from Hornby Island, British Columbia.