Backpack Bristish Columbia

Sunset at Eric and Sheri’s birthday party.  Thank you for coming! What a good looking family! Pike Place Fish Mongers The Mermaid House at the West End Marina in Victoria Now this is “living on the water.” We went to

After an 11 hour day of traveling 140 miles in a 4WD Tundra, 200 miles flying in a Beechcraft 1900, 10 miles riding an electric SkyLink, 334 miles on Amtrak Cascades and 1/2 mile walk for a grand total of

We met for breakfast at 8:00 to hear Brian’s plan. Little did we know, Ashish threw him a wrench and decided he and Swati were also ready to return to Vancouver. The clouds opened up and the rain did fall,

It was our last day at the lodge, whitewater rafting was out (water level too low), we’d already attempted the hike to the summit of Mount Tullin (stopped by snow), kayaking was a bit of a bust due to improper

Operating a 5-star resort off the grid requires the lodge to be entirely self-sufficient. In the lodge, people run dishwashers, laundry machines, big screen TVs, and hundreds of lights. Outside the lodge, Mikey keeps the ‘trons flowing with two generators,

Th number one reason I chose this multi-sport adventure in Chilko Lake, BC was for the Class 4-5 white water rafting. Eric and I had taken a 3 day OARS camping trip on the wild and scenic Tuolumne River near

Gemini – Well it doesn’t get much better than this because lucky Jupiter moves into Gemini this week. Jupiter is a planet that is so big you can fit all the other planets inside it. Once a year Jupiter changes

Backtracking to our arrival on Day 7, Ashely gave us a tour of the property to choose our cabin from one of five – we chose Annie’s House. Each cabin was built by a team of local craftsmen who worked

Trip-It is a useful app for organizing your travel details. Eric recorded our itinerary there, complete with maps and flight, ferry, bus and train schedules. The plan for Sunday was to take the TransLink (light rail) from Yaletown to Vancouver

Mission Possible: a monster bike tour of Vancouver, which included the historic district, the coastal region and the expansive Stanley Park. We’d need protein to get us going so we set out to find an egg breakfast on our way