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Adventure 07: Crofton 2 Jun 2009 | 03:20 pm
This was definitely different. Bioluminescence, glowing plankton... anyway, I'm getting ahead of myself. The beginning of the story goes like this: I was at a Counselor Training Seminar at Camp Qwan...
Adventure Previews 26 May 2009 | 09:18 am
I had the chance of a cool adventure this weekend but ended up not taking it. We were at Horne Lake, where you can do caving, kayaking and canoeing, but we decided to simply hike and leave the caving ...
Adventure 06: Mount Benson 20 May 2009 | 07:01 am
We didn’t really know what we had signed up for. Our friends Jason and Charity, the ultimate outdoor couple, wanted us to come along for their Victoria Day outing. A hike to the top of Mount Benson? ...
Between Adventures 11 May 2009 | 02:23 pm
I didn't go on an adventure this past weekend, other than taking our kids to a birthday party. I did learn a lesson about buying mountain bikes, though. We had bought a bike at a general retail store ...
Adventure 05: Qualicum Beach 3 May 2009 | 04:42 pm
A friend told me that I had to go to the Fire & Ice Street Festival in Qualicum Beach. "Fire and ice? What is that? A circus?" I said. "No," my friend said. "They have ice sculptures and a chili coo...
Adventure 04: Cathedral Grove 27 Apr 2009 | 03:52 pm
This was my birthday adventure... An ancient forest in the heart of Vancouver Island, inhabited by giant sleepers covered in green moss: some fallen, some still standing, some blackened and hollowed ...
Adventure 03: Drumberg Park 20 Apr 2009 | 03:29 pm
This adventure didn't require much adrenaline or special skills. This was smooth and easy. Just a walk in a beautiful provincial park in Gabriola Island. Here, it's more about watching than it is abo...
Adventure 02: Skiing 12 Apr 2009 | 05:42 pm
The ibuprofen is kicking in, helping these sore muscles recover from my first ever ski lesson. In a couple of weeks, Mount Washington--the preferred destination in Vancouver Island for winter sports-...
Adventure 01: Mount Washington 5 Apr 2009 | 05:41 pm
My second post was supposed to be about getting the right outdoor gear but I was ill this past week and didn't get a chance to go shopping before my first scheduled outdoor adventure. Some friends in...
The Journey Begins... 28 Mar 2009 | 04:46 pm
I don’t really like the term “couch potato” (or as I once said to a friend in a tongue slip, “that guy is a potato couch”). I prefer sedentary. sed-en-tar-y adjective (of a person) tending to spend m...
