I use Environment Canada’s hourly forecasts. It provides wind forecasts for each hour for the next 24 hours ahead. I can check the forecast in each direction, then know if there are favorable paddling conditions on a lake in one of the four directions. Quite often it is windy in Kamloops, but much better to the east or south. Recently it has been better … Continue reading →
Gallows View is the first book in the Inspector Banks series by Peter Robinson. There are 28 mystery books and they have won a number of awards in the period from 1987 to 2023. All of the stories take place in Eastvale, a fictional city in the Yorkshire Dales. Banks moved there from London for a quieter life, but with the number of murders … Continue reading →
There are a number of route choices starting near Rose Hill Park. On a morning in early April, I parked just off Rose Hill Road, then hiked along the Roller Coaster track (gas line) to the west then went up a long, steep, and narrow gully into the hills, then followed double tracks back to the start. The Roller Coaster was a route we ran … Continue reading →
A 6.25 km hike on the Uplands Trails, mostly single tracks on the grasslands benchlands near Barnhartvale. More details on Kamloopstrails.com
Continue reading →In March, the first few times paddling are on days without too much wind and the time on the water is 1.0 to 1.5 hours, up and down the river. In April Part Two will be a time of kayaking on the Valley lakes – Kamloops Lake, Nicola Lake, Stump Lake, and Little Shuswap Lake. The lakes in the grasslands will open soon and they … Continue reading →
A morning hike on a greyish day from Rose Hill Park. Single and double track trails and some off-trail in a loop route of about 4.5 km. Buttercups, Boechera, shrubs budding, magpies, open ridges, and forested gullies on this outing.
Continue reading →There are times when I struggle with trying to finish a book. My general rule is to read the first third then decide whether to continue or not. there are a number of reasons to abandon a book. It can be uninteresting (to me). It can have poor writing. It can move interminably slowly. It may use literary gimmicks. It may be a … Continue reading →
I hiked from the Ironmask Industrial Park into the hills across the road, not following any trails, mindful of staying off the (closed) Pineview-Ironmask Trails. I went past a number of dig sites from the hundred-year-old mine workings. The largest pit is fenced in and somewhat hidden, Most of the vertical or horizontal shafts have been filled in. The route I hiked was up and over … Continue reading →
On a cool end-of-winter day I went for a shorter (70″) hike (after the steep route from the previous day) on one of my “go-to” routes, the Kinnikinnik Loop, starting at Home Depot. Conditions were good and the trails were quiet.
Continue reading →On a Spring Break morning my grandson and I hiked the East Rim Loop in Peterson Creek Park today. The trail was in good shape, the temperature was cool, and the route is always a good one, even the big climb near the end.
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