Arctic Wolves A Chance Encounter With Four Arctic Wolves This Morning In The Northern Yukon This morning Peter and I left Tombstone Territorial Park and headed north on The Dempster Highway, through the northern Yukon towards the Arctic circle. At … Read More
Yukon Adventure Photo credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/glacier_fed/ I received a grant from the Canadian Council of the Arts to finish my next novel, which takes place in the Yukon. I started to write the novel a while ago and then put it aside … Read More
Naramata Waterfall Hike Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity. ― John Muir On A Dreary Rainy Day, It Is Vital To Force … Read More
Hiking Lac Dubois –Walt Whitman Hiking the grasslands just outside of Kamloops,BC is a true Canadian walk through history. The hills of Lac Du Bois, BC were once part of the Hudson Bay Brigade trail. Hiking at Lac Du Bois is … Read More
Cowgirls of Myra canyon -from Queen Of The Godforsaken by Mix Hart I treated my niece and my daughter to western horseback riding lesson for Artemis’ birthday present. Artemis asked to be called Taco at the ranch and the girls’ … Read More
Balsam Root Fields Forever Each spring the mountain sides surrounding the Okanagan Valley turn gold with breathtaking wild blossoms. This is my favourite time of year. It is like living each day surrounded by small bursts of celestial, golden sun … Read More
Cathedral Grove: Land Of Giant Trees Macmillan Provincial Park, Vancouver Island This spring break, my family hiked through some amazing West Coast forests in British Columbia. Cathedral Grove is a rare section of an old growth Douglas fir/redwood cedar ecosystem on … Read More
Englishman River Falls Hike, Vancouver Island A saunter through Englishman River Falls Park, with its roaring waterfalls and moss covered giant trees, is most definitely, “…near the heart of the world.” -John Muir My family began our spring break BC … Read More
