Category: adventure
Forests for the World, Prince George, BC
In Prince George, there is a region of forests they’ve dedicatedly labelled: Forests for the World. I’ve linked there to the Tourism PG‘s website that explains it fairly effectively. When I was living last in Prince George, out our back door were trails that led me through this land, or more technically, to this land.…
Southern Vancouver Island the Long Way
Last fall my Swiss friend Nene came to Canada. I offered my truck (and company) to tour her around BC so she could get to see this beautiful land the way that I see it, and the places that I know and am fond of in this land. Canadian pride I guess. The first leg…
North! To Prince George
I grew up in Prince George, BC. I’ve always described it as the place smack dab in the middle of BC, though it’s the capital of Northern BC. On a map, it’s pretty perfectly in the center. Driving, it’s about 10 hours north of Vancouver. Driving from Vancouver one first finds the Fraser Valley, then…
Gone Pickin’ Shrooms
My brother, Bart, has slowly become more and more passionate about naturalism: listening to the land so it can tell us how to survive off it by gathering and harvesting. Perhaps he’s always been this way.. Anyways, he’s been learning about fungii, spends weeks picking berries and climbing through a natural playground. In short, he’s…
Night Signs | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Lately I’ve been taking to wandering the streets of Vancouver at night. Part because I’m working pretty hard during the day, and partly because that’s when I find the walk most calming to my mind. Old signs, new signs, not signs at all. I enjoy capturing landmarks of the Vancouver lower East Side as much…