IT Article
It’s Been a Busy Year-ish
Introduction2021 was an incredibly busy year for our IT Team. We learned early on that our existing IT infrastructure and services (Server, website, and map host) would need to move…
What’s going on in our greater marine recreation community? Use this for posts that don’t necessarily fit into the subcategories.
Dionisio Provincial Park
Galiano Island’s Dionisio Provincial Park
A Gulf Islands Marine Trails Series Article...A number of years ago we put in at Elliots Beach just outside Ladysmith and headed over to Galiano Island. At the north end…
Packed and ready to go
D’Arcy Island in December
As I drink my morning coffee, I can look out our kitchen window to see the Salish Sea and D’Arcy Island in the distance. There were four of us at…
Gene on the beach
A Successful cleanup adventure
Arriving on the ‘Trashcraft’ we carefully navigated the 28-foot craft toward shore. It was 9:00pm and pitch black as we started our adventure on the West Coast of Vancouver Island.…
Mayne Island Resort
Mayne Island
A Few Days on Mayne Island Last fall, 2020, we spent 4 days on Mayne Island kayaking, hiking, eating and having a good time with a group of friends (10)…
Kayaking in the time of COVID
Kayaking in the time of COVID
In the poem by Robert Frost, a twittering Ovenbird laments the passing of spring’s cherry blossoms, contemplates the dust and falling leaves of autumn, and chooses not to sing. The…
Martin Ryer photo
The whale told me so
After a relaxed 13 km paddle, the last thing a person wants to find on their camping beach is a group of teenagers with shabby power boats that cost much…
Glacier by Susan Conrad
10 lessons paddling to Alaska
Susan Conrad shares her recipe of thoughts gained through a solo 66 day, 1,148 mile trip.Believe that you can do anything you set your mind to. Your passion should be…
North Brooks gets a sprucing up
Last year's cleanup removed 3.77 tonnes from the Restless Bight area at the south entrance to Kyuquot Sound. This year continued south from that same area, focusing on Side Bay, Heater Point and Crabapple Islets -- all popular kayaking areas in the remote Brooks Peninsula region of north Vancouver Island.