Guest Post – By Jim We pulled into the parking lot and there were three groups of rock climbers setting up. The trail started uphill quite quick, passing beautiful rock faces and cliffs. We got to the top relatively quickly and a bit breathlessly. Gorgeous views – unfortunately obscured by smoke. We could still make …
Guest Post by Jimmy This was a dangerous hike in which many experienced hikers have died! Exciting! We found the trailhead on an unpaved road near a bunch of “Grizzly Bear” signs that urged us not to shoot the beasts. The trail started off in the woods, then upwards on a steep cliff. We used …
By Jimmy Hey let’s do this 45 min trail as a date and then have a drink afterward. Well, the trail certainly gets off to a good start. I’m getting tired fast. Dear God my cardio isn’t up to snuff. Must rest. Need water. Ok we’re out of the trees, the peak must be close …
Guest Post: I saw this park on my geocaching map and drove along a winding road in the forest behind a new subdivision. The sign at the trailhead said “Unmaintained trail.” I walked down a slope and quickly came upon the search zone for the first geocache, which I couldn’t find. I continued along the …
By Jimmy I parked in an empty parking lot and didn’t see another person on the entire hike. The trail started up a grassy and rocky slope, winding in gentle switch backs until reaching the summit trail, which was steeper and more majestic with views of both sides of Lake Cowichan. It was hot and …
Guest Post: This was an old, now abandoned campground. I had discovered it a few years ago and brought Mason there today after his baseball game. It has overgrown openings where sites used to be, a boarded up camp office, lots of No Parking and No Swimming signs and a mossy, weedy camp road (that …
April 22, 2018 Guest Post: This is a short trail along a rocky ridge near the Bear Mountain golf resort. Lots of Arbutus trees and views of the golf course. Mason found a geocache as well. We rarely walk on flat surfaces. When moving along a ridge one way, the earth tilts downward to one …
Blog Guest Appearance (Jim and Jenn) March 31st, 2018 Cascade Falls, Mission, BC (off Sylvester Road) Not so much a hike as a walk up a short hill, a quick windy trail and a steel suspension bridge over a booming, icy cold waterfalls. Then down to a clearing on the river bed where it might …