Hikers and mountain bikers have been using Scott Road as a route for decades. It goes right around Rose Hill, but the entire circle route would cross private property, so we use one section of the track. Hikers … Continue reading →
In early May I drove up the dusty Lac du Bois Road past McQueen Lake and continued northwest to the Pass Lake Recreation Site. The one-lane road goes down to a campground and two boat launch areas. At the … Continue reading →
We have paddled Kentucky and Alleyne Lakes and we have hiked the loop trails around the lakes. On our last hike on the trails at the end of summer, we hiked south around Kentucky Lake, then through the campground, … Continue reading →
We knew where an eagle’s nest was in the Dewdrop Range so we ventured out across the sagebrush grasslands hills to a point on top of a hill to look down into the eyrie. We hiked along the Dewdrop … Continue reading →
At the end of April we drove up the Lac du Bois Road to a trailhead into the middle grasslands. The lower grasslands areas are open sagebrush areas, but as we climb higher into the hills, the sagebrush is … Continue reading →
At the end of April the wind forecast for the area south of Kamloops was good so I drove south on Highway 5A to an informal launch on Trapp Lake. I had earlier paddled south from the spot on the … Continue reading →
On a sunny and calm morning. I drove south on Highway 5A down past a chain of lakes to the north end of Nicola Lake. At a rest stop/boat launch below the highway I parked and unloaded my kayak … Continue reading →
We traveled to Central Washington State to hike the “desert lands” areas in spring. We camped at State Parks and hiked a different trail each day. We started with the Steamboat Rock hike, then did a loop route … Continue reading →
In mid-April the ice had cleared from most of the area’s lakes, except for the higher elevation sheltered locations. I drove up to Edith Lake for the first time in 2025, then paddled the lake. there were light … Continue reading →
With many windy days, paddlers sometimes need to venture in a direction of less wind. As a general rule, it is better to avoid paddling larger lakes in the wind, but the forecasts predicted less wind to the east … Continue reading →
