Month: June 2022

When I lived in BC (the first 40 years of my life), I spent an ever-increasing amount of time in the spectacular Chilliwack River and Skagit River valleys. In 1988 I had an idea that a trail guide would be a useful addition to BC bookstore shelves. By the...

As I get older, the Yukon’s historic Venus silver mine (the primary subject of my first book) has become my fitness test. On Wednesday, I made my third attempt in a month to reach it. I made it. At 71, it was my slowest ever for the steep climb...

Cathy and I spent a couple of nights in Vancouver last week – another medical trip for me. I was feeling well enough to take a lot of photos with the idea of writing a blog post about it, but the size and complexity is overwhelming and I haven’t...