murray coates

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We live on Saltspring Island in British Columbia,Canada and are usually here from late fall until the end of May. In the summer we can be found at West Hawk Lake near Lake of the Woods.
Everyone has had their world turned upside down with Covid. We have been fortunate so far and actually don't even know anyone who has the disease.
This pandemic started up after we got back from South America/Antarctica in January. It seems like that trip will be our last foreign adventure for the foreseeable future.
After a few weeks at home, we bolted off Salt Spring on April 2nd and I managed to make it to West Hawk Lake via Ymir on April 5th. (Jan arrived on the 20th)
This was a different summer - lots of people doing outdoor things...
Travelblog.org is very helpful when planning a new adventure because you can almost always find a blog by someone who has been where you want to go. These days most of the bloggers are using Travelblog either as a reminder of adventures past or as an aid to plan future trips.
If as and when things get back to normal and we can travel again, i hope to revive my Habitat career and do the Myanmar build I had planned for this fall. We are also thinking about a Danube Bike trip in May. (as of January 2020 I am at 104 countries using the Century Club list)

Kiva.org - Loans That Change Lives - great program - have made 100 loans in various parts of the world and always get repaid so I can lend again....