Category: Day by Day

Our Canoe was refinished in Ottawa before we left last year. It is once again looking very spiffy and deserves a good paddle. Since we don’t know the nearby lakes and need to do more research on which lakes offer a nice day paddle, we drove to nearby Spider Lake, named thus for all the… Continue reading 1st canoe trip on the island

In Nanaimo harbour are 2 small islands. Protection Island which has about 350 permanent residents and the uninhabited Saysutshun Newcastle Island which is a Provincial BC Marine Park. It was originally a migratory stopover for the Snuneymuxw people who would live there during the herring migration months We drove to downtown Nanaimo and parked in… Continue reading Saysutshun Newcastle Island

We visited Qualicum Beach twice before and fell in love with the area,. Now as residents, we are looking at our neighborhood in a different light – trying to find the gems and learning the best routes around the traffic that will soon triple. We have been running around most days buying the small things… Continue reading Checking out our neighborhood