Category: Hiking

Last May, my friend Kevin and I had an initial look at a mining trail leading up a spectacular ridge at the south end of Tutshi Lake. We didn’t get very far before deep snow halted further exploring, and although we planned to return in late summer, that didn’t...

I went on another 4-hour tour of the Whitehorse Copper Belt with Tim Green on August 8th. This one began with an in-depth look of one of Gladiator Metals’ exploratory drill rigs that’s currently operating 2 km from my home, then continued on to the Whitehorse Copper properties that...

On August 2st, I drove up Haeckel Hill for a look at the four new (2023) wind turbines and the old forestry lookout tower. I’ve been up a few times, but have never posted here about it before. The road up Haeckel Hill (Haeckel Tower Road) is rough, but...

I took a week off from hiking when we got home from Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, but I really want to keep the momentum I had going, so have done three really good hikes the past three days. On Tuesday (July 14th), I walked 14.3 km from home to...

The trip began on Friday, May 29th, and we arrived home on Day 42, Thursday, July 9th. I wrote 46 posts for the blog, with a total of 1,329 photos – I had hoped to be able to tell you about the trip with about 30 posts and half...

On Monday, July 6th, Day 39 of our trip and the 7th day in Nova Scotia, we drove from the Broad Cove Campground at Ingonish to the Hyclass Ocean Campground near Havre Boucher. That’s a 213-km drive, and the only stop we made was at the Middle Head hiking...

On Sunday, July 5th, Day 38 of our trip and the 6th day in Nova Scotia, we drove 110 km of the Cabot Trail from Chéticamp to Ingonish, and I hiked the 8.2-km Skyline Trail in Cape Breton Highlands National Park. In the last post I told you about...

On Sunday, July 5th, Day 38 of our trip and the 6th day in Nova Scotia, we drove 110 km of the Cabot Trail from Chéticamp to Ingonish, and I hiked the 8.2-km Skyline Trail in Cape Breton Highlands National Park. Telling you about the whole day quickly became...

The main plan for Saturday, July 4th, Day 37 of our trip and the 5th day in Nova Scotia, was for me to hike the 8.4-km Acadian Trail in Cape Breton Highlands National Park. The trailhead was only 15 km from our RV park, so we had lots of...

After re-visiting the Cape Spear Lighthouse National Historic Site the morning of Tuesday, June 30th, we drove south with no plan, but ended at Ferryland, where we boondocked for the night. The hike to the Ferryland Lighthouse wasn’t the only activity of the day, but it was the main...