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adventure: mountain kayaks
The lakes of the Shuswap region of central British Columbia are deep and clear, mountain reservoirs nestled between the diminishing elevations of the rocky mountains that ripple through the middle of the province. According to Wikipedia the wandering many-armed lake has an average depth of over sixty meters, a deepest point over one hundred and
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Whirls Clear Water
by powerful strokeslevering solid against fluidan oar pushing on crystal waterdelving deftly and deepby muscular heft against molecular dragplunging paddlesscooping by effort to counter frictionblurring stillness into motionunseen effort into swirling chaosbelow the calming tranquilityof a kayak drifting upon the lake – bardo I have reserved some space on this blog each week to be
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Inflatable Summer
Our adventuresome summer is nearing an end as the last day of August brings that calendar page flip into sharp focus. The final third of the year is upon us once again, a time when the days turn shorter and crispier. And as hoped my writing and posting reprieve has given me a healthy backlog
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Casting Call
Our recent camping trip north of the city opened the door for a few good opportunities to toss a line into the lake. I brought along my new fishing rod, rigged it up for the ready, and leaned it against an out of the way tree in case the mood or moment struck. Our campsite
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Local Adventures: Social Distancing at Spray Lakes
International travel is still something that hasn’t quite come back to normal, but fortunately we happen to live in a province of Canada that has it’s share of tourist destinations. We’re spending some more there time over spring break returning to the spot where we took our first local pandemic weekend getaway back in July