I have just had a fabulous weekend which was kicked off by Pat, the friend I went Spinning with last week, taking me flying from the local flying club. We took off from Brackendale airstrip just outside Squamish, having debated for some time whether we would be able see anything due to the low cloud base. As it happened we waited for about 45 minutes and then decided just to go for it and as we did so the sun came out. Pat flew us out towards the Sound and enable...

06/06 Poor Bernie, he is besides himself due to the poor weather. He is so keen for me to see the local mountains but the cloud base is not playing ball, however, there is a glimmer of hope as today is quite alot brighter. It has rained every day I have been here and even the local mountain, called The Chief, looks miserable. The Chief is the second largest grannit mountain in the World and towers above the town, it is directly outside the development where I am...

01/06 The final leg of my journey to Squamish. Lillooet to Pemberton, Whistler to Squamish. I was thinking that today would follow on from yesterday and continue to be hot and sunny. Working on the basis that it always starts off a bit overcast before the sun burns away the clouds and starts to burn me, I put on shorts and T shirt before stepping outside. Wooooo! Winter has decended, overnight. Clouds had decided to meet the trees for breakfast and drink from th...

31/05 Hi Everyone, here is another catch up day. You would have had this yesterday if I had not pressed the wrong button and lost the lot! Today was a travel day. I have driven 11 hours and hundresd of kilometers. I started early, up at 7 and out by 7.30. I wanted to break the back of the journey to Bernies place in Squamish, B.C. I was starting further South than planned so I knew it was going to be a grind. Not wanting to spend three whole days driving I just...

Hi All. Sorry the photo has no name but it is the Thompson River and is on the was from Kamloops to Lillooet. Just thought you would like to know.