Category: Hiking

Day 37 of the trip, June 1st, was a day of exploring with my RVing friends Barb and Dave Rees, lunch with them at Lund, and then lots of walking in Powell River with my dogs. The Willingdon Beach Campground, which I had booked at Barb’s suggestion, was working...

Having quickly settled in at Ripple Rock RV Park the previous afternoon, Day 29 of the trip (May 24th), was Cathy’s day to just enjoy the sun and the boats going by in Seymour Narrows. I did a lot of that as well, but also spent a few hours...

Visiting Ronning’s Garden was wonderful, but the primary destination for the day was San Josef Bay, a hike of about 5 km round trip from the end of the road leading from Port Hardy. The last few miles to Cape Scott Provincial Park were on the smallest road yet....

Our longest excursion of the trip was the plan for Day 27, May 22nd. Cape Scott is the furthest northwest point on Vancouver Island, and while we wouldn’t get that far, we’d get close. And on the way, we’d visit Ronning’s Garden, a unique historical attraction. I’m breaking the...

We had planned to take a ferry to Alert Bay, but fog changed our plans. The site of a 1944 plane crash, of a DC-3 known as “Dakota 576”, became our morning destination. When we woke up on Day 26, May 21st, dense fog enveloped our camp site at...

After a fabulous morning on the water at Port McNeill on Day 23, May 18th, we still had plenty of exploring time, so hiked in to the historic Suquash Coal Mine near Port Hardy. Bobbie started this tour by showing us the “World’s Largest Burl” – that is actually...

One of the challenges of writing this blog while I’m travelling is deciding how to divide it. Sometimes one day makes for a good post length, sometimes a couple of days. But there are times when a day has so much going on that a specific event or site...

The third of my hikes in the Haines Summit area last week was up an old mining road to a glacial cirque directly south of Three Guardsmen Mountain, on Saturday (October 1st). The day started out poorly, with a mechanical problem. One of my levellers on the motorhome wouldn’t...

On Thursday night (September 29th), I had set up camp at the Chuck Creek (Samuel Glacier) trailhead. The large, level, sheltered parking area there would be a perfect base for what I knew would be along day on the trail. The view to the southeast at 07:28. A couple...

I got home Saturday night (October 1st) from the final RV trip of the year, and it started snowing on Monday, so my high-country is also probably over for the year. I spent 3 days in the Haines Summit area, and did 3 excellent hikes – a short one...