Kwisitis Wickanninish Beach – Pacific Rim National Park

All photos taken on October 11, 2022. After the short Florencia Bay walk, we were ready for more Pacific coast scenery. We drove to Kwisitis Visitor Centre (temporarily closed) parking area. It offered access to Wickanninish Beach and a couple of different hikes. To continue reading, please click here. Alternatively, click here to go to

Florencia Bay – Pacific Rim National Park

All photos taken on October 11, 2022. Today, three of us set off to go hiking, while K did a bit of work. We headed for Tofino and Pacific Rim National Park. Our first stop was at the Nuu-Chah-Nuulth Trail & Florencia Bay parking area for the short hike down to the beach. It was

Bogged Down

All photos taken October 10, 2022 on the Bog walk loop attached to the Lighthouse Loop on the Wild Pacific Trail. This trail adds a bit of length, but not much. It takes 10 minutes to walk it. The vegetation changes drastically in this area, as the photos below evidence. Gone were the tall trees

Wild Pacific Trail – Lighthouse Loop

All photos taken on October 10, 2022. The morning dawned, shrouded in thick fog. While it slowly burned off, increasing off-shore winds soon pushed it back inland for the rest of the day. To continue reading, please click here. Alternatively, click here to go to new Blog Site.

Time to Head Home

All photos taken on September 7, 2022. Packing up was a bit of a chore this morning. Its not like we could turn the lights on, as the power outage still continued and the cloudy skies did not help. To continue reading, please click here. Alternatively, click here to go to new Blog Site.

Wilcox Ridge Hike – Part 3 -Wilcox Pass Summit to Wilcox Ridge Viewpoint

All photos taken on September 6, 2022. The last time we climbed up to Wilcox Ridge was October 2, 2020. At that time, the daily high temperature was +21 C (unheard of for that time of year) and social distancing during Covid was easier up there. The view that day was a bit hazy, due

Wilcox Ridge Hike – Part 2 -Red Chairs to Wilcox Pass Summit

All photos taken on September 6, 2022. Leaving the Red Chairs behind, we continued onward and upward. The trail reports say that the section of trail up to the red chairs is the steepest portion but, on the next 1.55 km (slightly less than 1 mile) segment of the hike to the junction of Wilcox

Wilcox Ridge Hike – Part 1 -Parking Lot to Red Chairs

All photos taken on September 6, 2022. Now that the Labour Day weekend was over and our gas tank was full, we figured it would be safe to venture out to do one of the more popular long hikes in Jasper National Park. There was likely little point trying to hike the Sulfur Skyline trail

Trail 6d – Slough View

All photos taken on September 5, 2022. Our brief sortie up the Water Tower Trail the other day piqued our interest. We had seen all the signs for Trail 6d and we knew what lay over the hill toward Cottonwood Slough. To continue reading, please click here. Alternatively, click here to go to new Blog

Patricia Lake Shore Walk

All photos taken on September 4, 2022. After our afternoon break from our expedition, we decided on a short walk out the resort driveway to view Pyramid Mountain and get a different angle on the lake. It was not a long walk, but we still had some energy left. To continue reading, please click here.