Single-handedly solving nothing
Sometimes it’s hard not feeling like I’d have no luck at all if it weren’t for bad luck. It was the only hiccup in planning our nine-day rockhounding adventure through BC. I had hoped to spend one night at Gold Panner Campground near Cherryville. On the way to our next destination after a day of … Read more
Here’s an interesting tidbit. Kootenay National Park was a bribe. It’s true. A century ago, a deal was in place for the federal government to build a road from Banff to the Alberta/BC border at Vermilion Pass. The BC provincial government would build a road from Windermere to the pass thereby opening up the region … Read more
Typically, when camping, the campground itself is the destination. Be it on a lake or within a national or provincial park, the campground is crucial to an enjoyable camping trip. But sometimes the campground is an afterthought; a cheaper alternative to a hotel or, in some cases, the only alternative to a hotel. Such was … Read more
The ubiquitous pioneer village has been a staple of elementary school field trips ever since they stopped being, well, villages. As history marched forward we collectively decided the late nineteenth century was the quaintest of times and worthy of both preservation and perpetual reminiscing. Children, we seem to think, are incapable of appreciating the modern … Read more
Drive almost anywhere in British Columbia and you’ll quickly come to realize that there are a LOT of trees there. You thought I was going to say marijuana, didn’t you? Well, there’s a lot of that there too, but it isn’t quite as obvious as the trees. From spindly lodgepole pine in the east to … Read more