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…
Day 4 – Rocky Mountaineer
10 August 2011 The Rocky Mountaineer had us up and out the door of our hotel by 7:30 am. In the end however we ended up waiting around for some…
Day 3 – Rocky Mountaineer
9 August 2011 I have on 3 other occasions been through the Rocky Mountains but our trip from Banff to Lake Louise was a special treat. Not only did we…
Day 2 – Rocky Mountaineer
8 August 2011 After a restful night, rather than take the train from Calgary I took the Brewster shuttle to Banff for a pre-rail excursion to the edge of the…
Day 1 – Rocky Mountaineer
7 August 2011 Riding the rails from Banff to Vancouver adds a unique experience to the scenery of Western Canada. It is ideal someone who has a limited amount of…