Friday, July 2, 12021 HE We are on a family camping trip in Sasquatch Provincial Park, the ancestral lands of the Nłeʔkepmx Tmíxʷ, the Coast Salish, and the S’ólh Téméxw peoples, with the Lee’s and the McLean’s. We are camping at the Bench Campground near Deer Lake. I circumnavigated Deer Lake yesterday morning. And then in the late morning, we did a family trip to HicksContinueContinue reading “Hicks Lake Sasquatch Provincial Park”
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Deer Lake Sasquatch Provincial Park
Thursday, July 1, 12021 HE Happy Canada Da…. or wait. Depends on what side of history you are on. If you are not of the first peoples to have colonized the Americas, and here I mean colonize in the general sense of a group of people leaving their homeland in search of another place to inhabit. Not,ContinueContinue reading “Deer Lake Sasquatch Provincial Park”
vTNR#11: SUP Art
Sunday, June 27, 12021 HE The call-out came for the final week of the virtual Tuesday Night Race (vTNR) series being put on by Coast Outdoors through Deep Cove Kayak. Here is a general overview of the event. With the changes in pandemic restrictions, the vTNR is ending and the event will shift back to its historic live format. I am sadContinueContinue reading “vTNR#11: SUP Art”
Epic Sunday
Sunday, June 20, 12021 HE ep·icadjective noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style:Homer’s Iliad is an epic poem.Source: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/epic Okay so maybe epic is a bit bold of use of the term. Though if you take theContinueContinue reading “Epic Sunday”
Wind Not So Sure
Monday, June 14, 12021 HE I had my second dose of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine scheduled for today. I was a bit leery. Not of the vaccine, this video by Kurzgesagt sorted me out on that before the pandemic. But, last time I had the vaccine I had done a big weekend of paddling and IContinueContinue reading “Wind Not So Sure”
vTNR#10: Big Chop Sand Barge Simulation
Sunday, June 13, 12021 HE It is week ten of the virtual Tuesday Night Race (vTNR) series being put on by Coast Outdoors through Deep Cove Kayak. Here is a general overview of the event. This week had a live course again on Tuesday night, but I was not able to make it. Fortunately, they are still running the event virtually. HereContinueContinue reading “vTNR#10: Big Chop Sand Barge Simulation”
Northshore Burrard Inlet
Saturday, June 12, 12021 HE We did a family visit to North Vancouver to visit with the boys’ grandparents. The forecast was calling for sun in the afternoon, but I was pleasantly surprised, as were many people, by the amount of sun and warmth that we received. After my frustration with trying to get a parking spot lastContinueContinue reading “Northshore Burrard Inlet”
Deep Cove Kayak SUP Lesson
Monday, June 7, 12021 HE There was a plug for the Road to Ambleside Tide Rip course in the Week 4 Virtual Tuesday Night Race debrief (click the link or see the video below which is queued up). The course is for surf skis, but the mention of waves in Vancouver sparked my interest. IContinueContinue reading “Deep Cove Kayak SUP Lesson”
Upwind/Dowwind/Evo
Sunday, June 6, 12021 HE There was a bit of wind and waves forecast for the evening. I sent out some feelers to see if anyone was available in the evening when the wind would be at its strongest. Screenshot of the wind and wave forecast from Windy.com app. Trevor got back to me andContinueContinue reading “Upwind/Dowwind/Evo”
vTNR#9: ‘Admiral Cates Grey Hamber’
Saturday, June 5, 12021 HE It is week nine of the virtual Tuesday Night Race (vTNR) series being put on by Coast Outdoors through Deep Cove Kayak. Here is a general overview of the event. With the changes in pandemic restrictions, this week’s race went live for Tuesday night. Unfortunately, I was not able to make it, but fortunately, the event stillContinueContinue reading “vTNR#9: ‘Admiral Cates Grey Hamber’”
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