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.
Continue reading →Sidetracked is a novel in the Wallander series by Henning Mankell, translated from Swedish. The Ystad police force investigates a series of murders, seemingly unrelated. The author injects chapters seen from the killer’s perspective, limited in detail to keep the reader interested. Wallander and his team go down a number of avenues, all “sidetracks” without narrowing down a suspect. At the same time, Wallander is … Continue reading →
An Event in Autumn is a novella in the Wallander series, Nordic noir crime stories by Henning Mankell. In this story Wallender is aging and wondering how to end his career as a detective and where he will live. He looks at a suitable home, but as we checks out the back yard, he finds a hand sticking up out of the ground. This is … Continue reading →
In spring we take green waste to the Bunker Road Recycling and we combine a hike on the trails too, for a one hour “go-to” route. A hike on a cool day, as winter winds down.
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