Rambles

Pender island The first of our “local island” trips was a big surprise. Not as much noisy traffic as Salt Spring (traffic you say?) and a very cool system of trails and parks. Download ...

Mount Erskine climb, 5th February 2021 We had a driving day on Wednesday - took the ferry to Crofton and then drove up to Qualicum beach and back via French creek, Parksville and Nanoose Bay. Some house hunting, some sea lion watching, some squinting at Lasqueti island and back on the 4:50 ferry. We then had a quiet day yesterday, so we were ready for a good hike today. 10 minute drive to the access point at Trustees trail, and away we went. Beauty day and we met several other hikers on the trail. ...

Various Channel Ridge Hikes

Ruckle shoreline trail, 17th January 2021 First serious hike of the new year. Should have been a 6.5km loop, but we took a wrong turn at marker number 5 and went inland, then up to the hilltop, and then back down by the farm. 8.3km later we were pretty bushed, but this is a good hike. Download ...

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October to December 2020 The Trip Planning the route to Kenora, where to stop? Should we look for a trailer on Kijiji? Where to stop between Kenora and Big Bar? There are some provincial travel restrictions. Waterloo->RB557->Thunder Bay->Kenora Waterloo->Wawa->Kenora Stop in kenora for a few days Kenora->Canmore (how far?)->Big Bar->Vancouver Date From-To km Stay Gas refill Sat Oct 24th Waterloo-Wawa 969 Parkview motel SSM Sun Oct 25th Wawa-Kenora 946 Comfort inn TBay Mon-Wed Kenora 0 Comfort Inn Kenora Thu Oct 29th Kenora-Swift Current 1029 Coastal Inn Swift Current Fri Oct 30th Swift Current-Canmore 613 Canmore inn & Suites Canmore Sat Oct 31st Canmore-Vancouver 864 1408 E15th St. Stayed in Vancouver for three weeks ecept for a side trip up the Sunshine Coast. Then on Monday 23rd November, we had a 7AM alarm call, said bye-bye Max and Keelin, drove down to Tsawwassen for the 9:55 ferry, which stopped at Galiano, Mayne, Pender islands and finally at SaltSpring. Easy trip into town. Easy to find #175, looks like a great find. Unpacked the car for the first time since Temagami, moved in. Internet, wifi, TV, fire stick, the whole nine yards. So our new address is ...