Well here we are on the island. New Castle Island that is, just across the water from the city of Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. The goal was to hike around the island, which I figured wouldn't take

Well I had been looking forward to this little excursion to New Castle Island for some time now. On this day, it became a reality. Just a hop, skip and a jump away from the mainland is all it took to get

Vancouver Island - day three. Today’s plan was to take a ferry to New Castle Island, otherwise known as “Saysutshun” island (which it was changed to in 2021, in honour of the indigenous folks). The weather

Check out this cool cairn, seemingly watching over Union Bay, here on Vancouver Island. In recent years, these “cairns” are popping up everywhere. Never used to see them much in the past, but nowadays,

Welcome to Random Friday, November 14th. Tell me about what you have been up to this week? Myself, we did manage to go to Banff last weekend. First day was cold and windy, but the second day was just the

We did manage to squeeze in one last activity during our second day on Vancouver Island. This was a neat little cove or bay called Union Bay (just to the left of this rock pile). Apparently in days gone

This post will wrap up our short little hike to lower and upper Little Qualicum falls. I discovered this place on our way back to the hotel, after the Cathedral grove visit. Vancouver Island may as well

Believe it or not, we are still on day two of our Vancouver Island vacation/excursion. (and yes, I took a S&*^ ton of photos!) Just after Cathedral grove, we stumbled upon an easy hike to Little Qualicum

Mission to Cathedral Grove complete. We found the next adventure, just a few kilometres away; a short hike to Little Qaulicum Falls, which is part of the Cameron lake ecosystem. There is both an upper

When you were a kid, back in the day, did you ever have a backyard treehouse? Or maybe a friend had one or there was something similar at the local park. Those were the good ol days right?! Anyways, we

Welcome to Cathedral Grove, located on beautiful Vancouver Island, Canada. A special place and a popular place for tourists to stop by for an easy zero elevation nature walk. If you ever visit the island,

It’s Friday November 7th. Tell me about the week that was? Did you get up to anything exciting? Or just another week at the daily grind. How about plans for the weekend? Up to anything exciting? I am going

Well maybe I went a little overboard taking pictures in this forest of old ancient tall trees! Just a wonderful walk around these Big Beauties! Do you live in an area with tall trees like these? Makes

This Cathedral forest was a gold mine of photo ops! So many humongous Douglas fir trees living, mixed with a few that had fallen. This tour around the forest took place on our second day on Vancouver Island.

Here is a glimpse of what it felt like to wander around the grove via this beautiful boardwalk. I am big fan of well made boardwalks. It does feel very satisfying to walk around; even adding a hint of

Welcome to the Jungle! Well its not exactly a jungle, but a forest grove, a Cathedral grove to be specific. This was our second day on Vancouver Island and our first stop here at the grove didn’t disappoint.

Photos from Day 2 of our Vancouver Island vacation. An amazing boardwalk takes us around “Cathedral Grove”, a place that is famous for its ancient old Douglas Fir trees and their jurassic like sizes!

First full day on Vancouver island! Today’s plan was to visit a place called “Cathedral Grove”. Located inside MacMillan Provincial park (about an hours drive from where we were staying). So we take off

Well it’s Friday October 31st — Halloween night, at least for some people. Not everyone “celebrates”, some even say it’s a celebration of evil and such. Maybe it’s just some harmless fun for the kiddies

I was struck with how close our hotel was to this tiny airstrip! I did not expect this; incredibly cool and unusual it was. Not to mention, little brown rabbits here there and everywhere. Where was I?