The Best Things to Do, See and Eat in Vancouver + Where to Stay
Our top tips for the best things to do, see and eat in Vancouver, plus some recommendations on where to stay.
Searching for Bald Eagles in Squamish – A Canadian Wildlife Adventure
We go on an eagle float tour in beautiful British Columbia and find wild bald eagles, and a wonderful sense of community.
Fun Family Things To Do In Kelowna BC You’ll Love
After falling in love with the city, we list fun things to do with the family here in Kelowna, BC, Canada.
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Getting Unplugged and Unwound with KOA
Sometimes in life you just need to get away from it all. Whether that means backpacking through Asia or just going for a hike in the local hills near a KOA, it’s not always so much where you are but what you’re NOT doing that counts. Work, school, family obligations, housework, daily chores, renovations, you name…
Sea Monsters and Ice Cream: Hiking With Kamino in Kelowna British Columbia
Hike with us and Kamino along the beautiful lakefront of Kelowna, BC, in search of sea serpents, ice cream, and the ultimate grilled cheese.
Farmers Market, Food and Fun at Tranquille Farm Fresh
We stopped by Tranquille Farm Fresh in Kamloops, BC on a sunny fall day to sample their fresh produce, run through the corn maze and learn a little about history. We found what we came for, and much more. Tranquille Farm Fresh has a fascinating history, with roots in the gold rush, days as a former tuberculosis sanatorium, and even an incarnation as a mental institution…
Watching the Salmon Run of the Century in British Columbia
We were told this would be the most amazing salmon run in 100 years, but nothing prepared us for the incredible sight of British Columbia’s Adams River teeming with thousands of crimson red Sockeye salmon thrashing and heaving their way upstream. Millions of salmon return to their spawning beds in the Adams River each year. Fighting their way from the Pacific ocean, the salmon swim 400 kms (250 miles) upstream, all to lay their eggs and die in the river they hatched from four years before. After all this, only one of 4,000 eggs lives to be an adult. Those that survive make their way to the Pacific, where they live until they repeat the cycle and return to the river four years later. It’s not fully understood how the salmon navigate back to their river of birth. The photos are from the salmon run in 2010, which saw over 100 million salmon. This was the single largest salmon run of this century, dwarfing …
