A city of mountains, forest, sea and sky…. Vancouver is a city in a pretty spectacular location. With mountains close by its not uncommon to spy snow covered peaks in the gaps between city skyscrapers. And then there's the harbour, with stretches of parkland and forest on the foreshore. Its winter colours are green and blue with a light dusting of white at the very top. With such a spectacular backdrop its no wonder Vancouverians are an active bunch. Most e...

Road tripping with my two favourite allies; fully loaded we've got snacks and supplies… Red Hot Chilli Peppers With Fernie sadly behind us, we picked up a car in Cranbrook for the BC ski road trip. We had Steve L along for part of the way so it was a little interesting trying to pack all our luggage and a very tall man into the back of the car (apparently a Ford Focus is in the mid sized category!). We managed to get it all in, but all three of us were sligh...

Farewell to Fernie…. Our time in Fernie has come to an end. We've enjoyed our stay on Elkview Drive with the house full of animals. We will miss little Wicket (the Star Wars dog), Cayoosh (Fat boy) and Tat Cat. But most of all Tat Cat; a skinny gray cat who's taken to Tim and who I refer to as Mistress. We'll miss Big Bang Bagels, Picnic, the Northern and the Overwaitea. We'll miss Earl the 78 year old bus driver. And the bus that's older than both of us th...

How to guarantee snow in Fernie: book a car for a day trip to Castle Mountain. We both went to ski camp this week and both improved our skiing significantly. We also made a few predictions about our planned trip to Castle Mountain. "It's definitely going to snow in Fernie on Thursday", we both told our instructors. Sure enough, our predictions came true. We rose early this morning to discover that it had snowed overnight. And it was still snowing as...

Fernie turns out for their 15 min share of the Olympic dream… I had never seen the main street of Fernie so packed full of people. It was a cool morning, but most of Fernie had hopped out of bed early to see the Olympic flame pass through their little town. Fernie has a couple of Olympic hopefuls so they're heavily invested in the games. The most famous medal hopeful is Emily Brydon, who made the podium in Lake Louise this season. They're hoping she'll get ...