Family Adventures
Horne Lake Caves – fun with Kate and Nate
It rained all night, so we were more than a little apprehensive this morning. Last night I signed up for four tickets for the three hour “Adventure tour” and agreed twice that there was no possible way I’d ever get a refund. The guide said the park was at the end of an active logging [...]
Nanaimo: just keep driving
We left Victoria this morning to head for the wilderness. Or at least Englishman River Falls provincial park. it’s a very pretty campground with some very, very large trees and on this day it’s almost completely empty. We had our choice of nearly 125 sites before we settled on #87. We stopped in Nanaimo for [...]
Frommers redeemed: Royal BC Museum is Excellent
The Royal BC Museum, nestled between the legislature and the Empress Hotel, is an excellent destination for people wanting to learn more about Vancouver Island and the West Coast of Canada. The first level describes the natural history, focusing on the coastal wildlife (from grizzlys to elk to sea lions) and ocean life (from sea [...]
Someone call Frommers!
Just had a wild 40 minutes at the “under the sea adventure” in Victoria’s inner harbour. It was recommended in our usually spot-on Frommers guidebook. After walking onto what appears to be a small houseboat and ponying up 30 bucks, we descend a long dimly lit staircase to the undersea “natural acquarium” where we can [...]
Looks like we made it…
Sitting at the HI Hostel in Victoria after a long travel day. The trip went fine, got the van no problem and found the hostel without a hitch. Just like world travellers… We had a chance for a long walk around the inner harbour. Robyn wss fascinated by the Empress Hotel and wants to draw [...]
The Next Great Adventure
Sitting in the regina airport waiting to board a flight to Victoria. We’re off to tour Vancouver Island. I’ll post the odd update but otherwise, talk to you in July!
GOOOL!! GOL! GOL! GOOOOL!!!!
Great day! It finally connected that we’ll be in Victoria BC while the FIFA U-20 World Cup is underway. I got online and am now the proud owner of 4 tickets to the July 7 matches. We’ll get to see Uruguay vs. Zambia and Japan vs. Nigeria. Should be great fun. It’s very unlikely that [...]
Spring has sprung…again
Strange 10 days. I thought it was going to snow over Victoria Day weekend (it did snow north of us) but now it’s spring again. I went for two long bike rides over the weekend and it was pure joy. The kids are taking kayak classes on Saturday and Sunday for the next few weeks [...]
Monday Hockey Roundup
Wild weekend on the minor hockey front. We kicked things off with a Regina Pats game attended by both teams which was a lot of fun, although a ticket mixup meant the two teams were on opposite sides of the arena. I got some good mileage walking back and forth to check on the kids. [...]
Hockey Round Table
Another fun weekend at the rink. Robyn got her first start in net on Saturday in Lumsden. She played well all game, but really got strong as the game went on. She had quite a bit of fun but I think she’s already thinking about playing forward again. It was a fun change of pace [...]