Share this!We were fortunate in those years. We had a good many friends and most of those who went away after high school would come home for the holidays. In that first year or two of coming home, we filled that week over Christmas with many activities that stuck and became traditions for us. I can’t say our parents were always that pleased, as we’d be out on the town just as quickly as we’d...
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Share this! Last Sunday I went on the Fairview Bay hike for the first time. I have been hiking with the local group for just over 2 years now and every time this hike came up on the calendar, I wasn’t able to make it. I was really looking forward to doing this hike as it is a favourite of some of the experienced hikers in the group. This is the most southern part of the Sunshine Coast Trail, and...
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Share this! I’d never been on an overnight hiking trip before Alex, my 17-year-old son, invited me to go to Wednesday Lake with him on Labour Day weekend. “Sure,” I said, thinking what a great opportunity it would be to spend some one-on-one time with my son. I imagined myself skipping up hills, jumping over logs and barely breaking a bead. After all, I am a jogger. I can trot the 8½ kilometer...
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Share this!The Sunshine Coast Trail is 180 km long, and there are 18 huts along the route. So why is it that we see so many photos from Tin Hat Mountain? Well, we can think of a few reasons: the views, and the cute little hut that offers protection from the sun, wind, rain, and snow. It’s quite the setting. We’ve realized there are a LOT of photos of the Tin Hat Mountain Hut on...
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Share this! The BOMB Squad has just finished about 3,000 hours of volunteer work transforming the trails in Powell River’s central urban forest. Millennium Park now boasts 42 signs for all trails and intersections. The Bloody Old Men’s Brigade installed 592 feet of new boardwalk to improve drainage and allow for better all-weather use. On May 28th the success of this phase of the Millennium Park...
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Share this!Look at me! I’m a shuffler. Not a runner, or a sprinter, or even a speed walker. I’m a shuffler. For the last few years, I’ve laced up my hikers on the last Sunday of April and hit the Sunshine Coast Trail (SCT) to do the Marathon Shuffle, well the Half Shuffle. That’s a difference of 12 versus 29 kilometres for the full Shuffle, so worth noting. Hosted by PRPAWS (Powell River Parks...
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