Capturing the Art of Nature
| A Quick Jaunt up Bear Hill A lovely place to spend some time before catching a ferry home |
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| Mount Maguire A lovely Hike, Difficult Activation and fun surprise all wrapped up in one |
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| Exploring Partridge Hills A lovely morning walk up a summit I had to myself |
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| Crown Mountain Glorious at the summit, a real challenge getting there. |
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| Hiking Old Baldy My first visit to this summit was a great experience but the drive was challenging |
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| Sumas Peak 2019 An annual event, lovely easy walk through the trees and a nice viewpoint to enjoy |
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| Field Day on Woodside A decent day for outdoors but sitting still in cloud leaves one wondering |
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| Hollyburn done solo A quick jaunt up the trail to the summit for a pleasant afternoon in nature |
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| Taming an Alligator Ralph and I decided to try a first activation of a new summit – Alligator NE2 |
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| Dewdney Peak as a Stand-in We planned the day to reprise our failed attempt on Mount Agassiz, but it was closed |
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| Activating Burnaby Mountain An easy drive-up point but construction poses its challenges |
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| Mount Matheson A small summit which has houses up to the summit |
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| Mount Finlayson A small summit but a very steep trail |
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| Mount Agassiz in April We had hoped to hike to the summit and make radio contacts but we got ‘Aprilled’ |
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| Mount Woodside and the True Summit A lovely day to drive to a summit and enjoy the fresh air while making radio contacts |
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| McKee Peak and the Mountain Bikes It was a perfect day for a short hike to a local summit |
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| Farrer Peak attempt two Two weeks since our first try for the summit, today I was giving it another go |
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| Farrer Peak A lovely Day for a hike but too many were on the trail turning it to ice |
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| Redwood Park A visit to the regions less travelled |
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| A quick jaunt up Grant Hill It felt good being back on the trails enjoying a touch of nature |
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| Mud Bay Park A pleasant walk along the seashore |
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| The boys visit the West Harrison This was the first trip for Liam and Ben to the West Harrison Area, they quite liked what we found |
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| Hollyburn with Nick A lovely cool day for a hike to a scenic summit |
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| Vedder Peak A lovely cool walk through the trees |
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| Radio Play and Sites West (Day 8) Fun on the radio with a bit of photography |
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| St. Thomas Elevated Park and Port Bruce (Day 7) A walk along the new elevated park followed by a drive through the roads east of the port then finishing the day with a lovely sunset. |
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| Lakeview Road and West (Day 6) A fun day driving the country roads and visiting some of my favourite spots |
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| Port Stanley (Day 5) A dull rainy morning but one was still able to find a few photos of interest |
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| Travelling to Port Stanley (Day 4) A pleasant day for driving and we made good time to the port |
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| Mount Nemo and Kelso (Day 3) Back to the Escarpment in the Halton region |
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| Rattlesnake (Day 2) We drove north looking for some colour and spent most of our time at Rattlesnake Point |
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| On the way (Day 1) A little later a flight so we got to the hotel late but at least we missed rush hour. |
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| The Garnet American Loop The two roads form a loop and offer one some nice lakes and views in which to spend a warm afternoon |
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| Black Mountain in Colour A lovely fall day to be hiking a local summit |
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| MacNab Peak A small peak north of Dewdney Peak, just waiting for a visit |
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| Squamish Valley It has been two years since we visited the Squamish valley and so we set out to visit some of the old sights |
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| Brandywine Mountain Exhilarating scenery but a challenging hike |
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| Lynn Valley and Elizabeth Elizabeth had never been on a suspension bridge so we decided it was time to visit Lynn Valley |
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| Mounts Newton and Work Two summits and Two Adventures in Victoria |
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| Mount Keenan Adventure It was a struggle along the ridge but with determination we made it to the summit area and achieved our goal of activating the mountain |
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| Hiking Weatherhead W3 A low summit but a brutal hike to get to it. |
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| Activating the Lady Lady Peak is a challenging hike and being the first to activate it in the Summits-on-the-air program was worth the effort |
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| Lower East-side Harrison A great day to drive the back-roads with the family. |
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| Saint Marks Summit A very lovely view and pleasant but long hike, just way too many people |
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| Twin Lakes An adventure to a lovely small lake that was blocked off for years. |
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| Stawamus Chief #3 A grueling ascent but great views at the summit |
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| Norrish Creek A fun day exploring an area, which had been was closed off, with my son and two grandsons! |
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| Chilliwack Lake – Sort of It was the first time out for my grand-daughter Elizabeth and so we planned for a nice stay on the beach along Chilliwack Lake |
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| Sunset in Ocean Park A lovely hike down the 1000 steps to the beach for a late spring sunset |
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| McKee Peak Even with houses rapidly moving up the slope the main trail is still a nice hike and a good workout |
