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BCATW Symposium 2015 Grand Prizes

March 16, 2015January 20, 2025 joanboxall Travelogue

BCATW Symposium 2015 Grand Prizes

‘T’is grand!’ as the Irish would say of all things green.

When I set out to acquire prizes (and grand ones at that!) for the British Columbia Association of Travel Writers (BCATW) Symposium 2015, …

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Neither Wind, Nor Wave at The Across the Lake Swim, Kelowna, BC

July 23, 2014January 20, 2025 joanboxall Travelogue

We see neither wind nor wave from our perch on some rocks above the start of the 66th Across The Lake Swim, which loosely parallels the William R. Bennett Bridge (or Kelowna Floating Bridge), from the Old Ferry …

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Cowichan Locavores Hit the Trail

March 2, 2014January 20, 2025 joanboxall Travelogue

Southern Vancouver Island locavores lollygag on the Trans Canada Trail in the Cowichan Valley.  

See Joan’s article pages 6-9 with ‘Getting There’ finale.

Here’s a synopsis:

Follow Lochside Trail up and over the Saanich Peninsula to the Brentwood Bay Ferry.

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The Rule of Three: Okanagan Cross Country Skiing

February 10, 2014January 20, 2025 joanboxall Travelogue

The Rule of Three 

Cross Country Skiing

Omne Trium Perfectum

Everything that comes in threes is perfect.

We didn’t realize we were following The Rule of Three.  One never knows this ahead of time.   It’s a writing rule that …

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Cariboo Hills Nordic Skiing with Vancouver Skiers

February 28, 2013January 20, 2025 joanboxall Travelogue

We’re heading for some Cariboo Hills Nordic Skiing with the Vancouver Skiers.  We leave the city over the Port Mann and the Mighty Fraser.  Frozen farmland is waking up, and there’s a pink ribbon along the horizon.  The sky …

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Be Kind to Mother Nature

March 13, 2012October 2, 2012 joanboxall Home

Be Kind To Mother Nature

Don’t miss Mother Nature’s pitch on the Enbridge Northern Pipeline Proposal.  Listen to her persuasive podcast: casting out of the pod (aka petroleum’s odourous defect).       

1. Podcast     
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