It’s the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count. We meet at sunrise at Shipwreck’s Beach parking lot with Adrian Burke, an ARC Seabird Technician (Archipelago Research & Conservation). He’s from the Big Apple with a BS in biology …
We’re an hour’s drive from our North Vancouver home. We’ve brought bicycles to ride a portion of the Trans Canada Trail (TCT). It’s a ‘Two for Tulip’ day. ‘Tu’ and ‘Two’ are the syllable sound-surround of this flower of the …
I’m in a desert of sorts.
Deserts are lands of sparsity where evaporation exceeds rainfall. Harsh habitats for a writer.
Coming from a temperate rainforest, I feel it from day one in my skin, my eyes, and my not-naturally-straight hair. …
First off, when balance is disturbed, my writing Muse muffles.
Shooting from a 26-year-old hip replacement, my decrepit spoke to me. At first, in quiet tones. Then, …
**’Ribbon of Snow’ follows six days of Nordic skiing with 47 Vancouver Skiers in British Columbia’s West Kootenays. After consecutive ski days in Nature on a ribbon of classic track, we ponder the power of gliding on snow crystals. The …
The Ghosts of Allerton Garden were there, in the:
West Coast Wilderness Lodge (WCWL) on the Sechelt Peninsula, part of British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast… is a sea star. This star of the sea has won The Georgia Straight’s ‘Best of Vancouver’ award for the last seven …
Leaving Horseshoe Bay on a crack-of-dawn ferry gets us kayaking on Wallace Island Marine Provincial Park by noon. Since my last blog-post from Thetis Island, we’ve wanted to kayak-camp on Wallace.
From Nanaimo, it’s an hour’s drive south to Crofton …
Kayaking Thetis Island is made easy from Cedar Beach Ocean Resort , two ferries away from the British Columbia mainland. We arrive at 120 Clam Bay Road on Thetis Island via Departure Bay ferry terminus. We drive south less …
Next golf trip, tag along on the East Shore of Kootenay Lake. Not a golfer? Need a day off?
“Fore-mi-da-ble,” say French golfeurs. “Par-fait!”
Go beyond the greens at Kokanee Springs, a Golf-Advisor top-ten destination resort…