Mt. Revelstoke National Park

Hiking a 20 km day trip with toddlers, crazy idea or what?! The girls and I hit the road at 6:30 am, making a stop to pick up a friend along the way to Mt. Revelstoke National Park. Tyson works away a lot and when my friend asked if we wanted to go hiking I […]

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Wells Gray – Aug. 2018

We set out on our first camping trip with our 6 week old twins.  Up to Clearwater we went so that Tyson could kayak the Clearwater river and we could explore Wells Gray Provincial Park.  We arrived mid afternoon, just in time to meet up with Natalie and Leanne at the rivers edge for Tyson […]

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Abbott Ridge – July 2018

We have been on a bit of a hiatus as we had twin girls towards the end of June.  Once we got into the groove of life with two newborns we decided it was time to venture out again and get back to our adventurous life.  Sunday, July 22, we decided to take on a bit […]

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Cosens Falls – April 2018

Shannon and I decided to take an little stroll into our favourite local spot, Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park.  From the Cosens Bay parking lot you walk the 3kms, a one hour up and over the hill towards the lake.  You cross the open grassy field and enjoy the amazing views the entire way.  This hike […]

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Hot Springs Road Trip – Feb. 2018

The winter season beyond new years can seem dauntingly long and at times painfully enduring.  But there is always a way to turn things around! We started off leaving Vernon with the truck loaded up and a winter storm in the forecast.  Highways 6 was heavily snow covered and 100km later we arrived at the […]

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Failed Winter Camp Overnighter – Dec. 2017

Today Tyson, myself and our friend Bryan set out to do an overnight backpacking hike into Spectrum Lake in the Monashee mountain range.  It was a 2-hour drive from our home and a 6 km easy hike….. in the summer months.  We assumed there would be snow but we didn’t know to what extent.  The main […]

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