June 4th – Tyson and I went out for another hike. This time it was to Bluenose Mountain, a place where neither of us had been before. I though it was going to be like most of our hikes, up hill climbs, amazing views and a few bugs here and there but then things took […]
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Such an amazing and rewarding view from the summit but a grueling hike up to get there. In 2006 the BC Parks took claim to the 2,300 hectares of land that surrounds the rock face and to the east reaching back as far as Reeves lake. Believe it or not the trail is now much […]
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The sky was blue, sun was out and the winds were mild so another local hike was in store for us. I had been to Bluenose Mountain once before some 25 years ago so it was long over due. The mountain itself is an extinct volcano located just outside of Vernon in a small community […]
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We started out the morning set on a day hike to Denison Lake. From what we read the trailhead starts roughly 14km off the paved road just outside of Lumby, B.C. We followed our “Hiking in the Okanagan and the Southern Monashees” book directions, and once we got to the 7.0 km marker off the […]
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We decided to brave our first back country camping trip with the girls at just under 11 months of age. This would be our trial run to see if we could pull it off and how we could change things for next time. Spectrum Lake is in Monashee Provincial Park, 46 km off highway #6 […]
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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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