Category: British Columbia

Yesterday my brother-in-law and I drove 3 hours to their cabin in the high country above Merritt, BC, and did some exploring. It’s a beautiful area but the devastation being caused by the mountain pine beetle (dendroctonus ponderosae) and the efforts to deal with it are heart-wrenching. This is...

One of the highlights of the Okanagan Valley for anyone with an interest in history has to be the Myra Canyon section of the former Kettle Valley Railway. Now a hiking and biking trail, this 12-kilometer section of the rail line has 18 trestles and 2 tunnels, and the...

The Okanagan Valley is a superb location to celebrate Thanksgiving (except that Cathy isn’t with me). Just up the hill from my sister’s place is an orchard that really knows how to blend tourism into the business, and yesterday my daughter and grand-daughters and I spent a couple of...

In the past 2 days we’ve driven from the Far South of British Columbia to the Far North of the province. Here’s a brief look at the journey – we’ll be pulling out of Dease Lake for the final 7-hour run to Whitehorse shortly. This is the view from...

The heart of my day today was spent hiking the Stawamus Chief at Squamish for the first time since 1970 or ’71. I just went to the First Peak this time – that’s a 1.5-kilometre trail with an elevation gain of 500 metres. It’s a steep trail – very...

Today was a great day to explore Whistler – warm sunshine was forecast all day. I tried to get on a flightseeing trip but nothing was going so I walked around and rode the gondola up to the ski area. I mentioned when I was in Jasper 12 days...

Yesterday was a combination of exploring Whistler Village on foot, and driving down Howe Sound to see some of the attractions. The first photo was shot near the gondolas, and is very much a typical Whistler scene. Cathy and I are really enjoying this place – it’s a wonderful...

I took the long way around from Kelowna to Abbotsford today, and as usual, I wished that I had more time. I’d really forgotten how much time I used to spend along the Hope-Princeton Highway and the southern Okanagan, but as location after location triggered memories I stopped quite...

I left Calgary on the morning of June 12th and am now in Kelowna for 4 days visiting a sister and her hubby, my parents, and a friend from high school. My first stop was Cochrane, which not that many years ago looked like the cattle ranching and petroleum...