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A poem found in Field, BC

A poem found in Field, BC

While we stayed at the Truffle Pigs Inn (my review on TripAdvisor), I saw the below poem on the wall and yesterday I went back to the guys and asked if I could be sent a picture ... and they did, another star for them. ONLY LARGE WORDS The mountains here know only the large words: Life, death, eternity. I smile at my new car I smile and stroke the metal filled with extra horses taut and set to pull against the hills The mountain says, “Ten thousand years a million are the sam

Bowen Island walk on a grey afternoon

Bowen Island walk on a grey afternoon

Leaving the city to spend our last evening before heading back home, with Trish and John on Bowen . It’s a misty day, a bit on the cold side as well but not a chance we’d miss a walk, there is a reason for appropriate clothing 🍁🌫🍂 No luck spotting the beaver but the dam and the river were too beautiful to miss. We went around the lake as it was highly recommended and rightly so. Even on a day when the sky doesn’t give any contrasts for a ‘beautiful’ picture, nature got a l

In transit ... or travelling from an alpine climate to a desert in less than 5 hours

In transit ... or travelling from an alpine climate to a desert in less than 5 hours

We woke up extremely early (even for me), still dark outside- the sun only rises after 8am- and the coffee maker got into gear at 5.28am ... we took pretty slowly and only made it to breakfast after sunrise, however it was still dark. When we sat down at the breakfast table we suddenly noticed the heavy snowfall. We actually had planned to visit Emerald Lake in the morning but gave it a miss as visibility wasn’t great and we weren’t exactly sure about road conditions off the

Lake Louise at Banff National Park

Lake Louise at Banff National Park

When you run out of ‘wows’ or constantly repeat yourself ... this is a very beautiful part of the world. Today we met up with friends to see a few bits of Yoho National Park but besides the Takakkaw Falls all attractions along the Trans Canada Highway were closed off- season finished and roads blocked. We ended up in Alberta and at Lake Louise with hundreds of others, the clicking sound of cameras along the lake shore It’s a very pretty picture, don’t you think? We too took m

Kettle Valley Railway - Naramata section

Kettle Valley Railway - Naramata section

On Sunday we made the most of the beautiful autumn (fall) sunshine and went for a walk along the old railway track up in the mountains. That’s the view we were rewarded with after 4.4km - calm and peaceful. Yesterday we actually saw how big (or rather huge?) the Okanagan Lake is. We were driving from Naramata to Field and the lake stretches a long way along HWY 97 Map of the trail in the Naramata area, we really did only a very tiny part. The sign on the left was the informat