Family Snowman Road Trip to Quesnel, BC
Family Snowman Road Trip While my wife was heading off to Hawaii to check on our older 3 university student kids. I took a 10 hour family snowman road trip…
Victoria Camping or Glamping – Fort Rodd Hill
Camping at Fort Rodd Hill So we wanted to have an end of the Summer camping trip. We chose to do something a bit easier and different than anything else…
M.V. Aurora Explorer – Working BC Freighter Cruise – Day 6
0800 Breakfast Johnstone Strait 1230 Menzies Bay There was a bit of a sombre feeling aboard the ship during an early breakfast in the morning. Everyone aboard was taking in…
Remote Hiking: Blind Channel Resort – Day 5
Awake by 6am engines started 5am Breakfast 7 – 8 am Leisurly trip down the coast 1230 Knox Bay 1340 Blind Channel Resort – Walk to “Big Tree” 1800 Frederik…
Dwindling Echo Bay Community – Day 4
Foggy Morning 0840 Billy's Museum – 160 people in the 60's and 35 school kids, to 8 people today 1030 Burwood Fish Farm – 2 generators and something heavy, offload…
Yorke Island: Historic Military Post – Day 3
0700 offload at Jackson Bay 0900 Yorke Island Walk – World War 2 (160 people) 1230 West Cracroft 1300 Bocket Point – offload fuel 1545 Pott's Lagoon – logging camp,…
M.V. Aurora Explorer – Day 2
As promised we were promptly woken up around 4am as the engines started up on the Aurora Explorer. Due to tidal flows and the areas we were going to, our…
Coastal BC Freighter Cruise – Day 1
After searching for years for a coastal British Columbia voyage that would take me to remote locations, I finally discovered one. The m/v Aurora Explorer was just the vessel I…
Day 5 – Rocky Mountaineer
11 August 2011 We were off to the train station at 7:20 am and quickly boarded the train for an early morning departure. By 8:30 am we were on our…