Category Archives: Canada Once upon a time, if you came upon Hot Springs Cove very quietly, “hippies” could be spotted under the full-moon, frolicking nude, like faeries in the woods. Isolated and wild, the cove shelters geothermal hot springs, where the waters – naturally heated to a glorious 50°C – are pumped out at a rate of over five-litres-per-second. These hot springs, at […]  “Land was created to provide a place for boats to visit.” -Brooks Atkinson There are those who sail just for sailing’s sake: for the feel of the wind, the rush of the waves, and the challenge of managing a boat and the elements. As much as I enjoy the physical activity of sailing, I also love it […]  “The cure for anything is saltwater – sweat, tears, or the sea.” – Isak Dinesen “… sweat, tears, or the sea.” Sailing provides all three. I love being on the water. And – even with the sweat, tears, and frustrations – being on the water under sail is even better. I’m not a particularly good sailor. That is in no small part because […]  The west coast of Vancouver Island is known for it’s wild storms. “Storm watching” features strongly in all the tourism literature from the area – it might be one of the very few times a person could be less than happy about beautiful weather. And we did have beautiful weather the day we stopped into the little district municipality of Ucluelet, […] It’s not a long drive along Highway 4a from the (relatively) populous east coast of British Columbia’s Vancouver Island to the more remote and storm-battered west coast. From the small city of Parksville in the east to the district of Tofino on the west takes only about 2.75 hours (174 Kms), so there is really no reason to […] |
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