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Last weekend we spent two nights in our favourite Garibaldi park (forgot the biscuits AGAIN). We first went to this part of the park last year for a long day trip and have wanted to return to camp since then. There are two trails which take you into the park, one goes from Cheakamus LakeContinue reading “Landing Place of the Thunderbird”

We have had our glorious summer and are back to the RAIN! There are still several snow free weeks ahead of us though, with one or two more camping trips on the horizon.

We were supposed to be doing a famous multi-day hike in the Rockies this week, but it was cancelled as the trail is closed. It was flooded earlier in the year, thanks to excessive snow/glacial melt during the heat wave, and is still being repaired. We were actually happy to cancel our trip as there is still so much to see around here, without having to drive 8 hours first!

Finally! This week we have made you a video tour of our new apartment in the West End of Vancouver.

The road goes ever on and on, down from the door where it began… Lucky we’ve got friends who have a 4×4!

Last weekend we went on our first night out in as long as we can remember. We went to three bars, and had more than three beers, ending with some arcade games and a dart tournament! This wasn’t totally a bad idea, as the weather was rubbish anyway. Saturday was spent with a hangover.

weekend was a long one, as Monday was “British Columbia Day”. To celebrate the British invasion, we decided to go camping again! This time we were at Wedgemount Lake, a glacial lake surrounded by glaciers and mountains about a 2 hour drive north of Vancouver.

So far, we have had very good luck with the weather for our pre-booked camping trips. Not so much last weekend. On Friday we snuck off early from work and headed up to Elfin Lakes campsite in Garibaldi Park, one of our favourite walks from last year. Rosie bought Garibaldi biscuits from the English sectionContinue reading “Rampant Drops”

Late to leave for camping trip. Forgot blog.

Thankfully it has been a bit less hot, especially with the gentle sea breeze in the Desloation Sound marine park. We had perfect weather for our kayak trip last week. The sun was shining and the sea was like a mill pond.