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North America » Canada » British Columbia » Discovery Islands » Quadra Island August 10th 2013

August 8, 2013 Five years ago I celebrated my 40th birthday on Salt Spring Island, BC and now here I am celebrating my 45th on Quadra. We save the highest mountain for my birthday, partly because hiking up a mountain seems like a good way to celebrate a birthday and partly because it’s – as far as the boys are concerned – yet another mountain - but because it’s my birthday they know better than to complain about it. So, after Chocolate Brownie cake (made by the boys) and lots of lovely little presents (jewelry really is a girl’s best friend as it takes up so little room in ones suitcase don’t you agree?) we head to Mount Seymour in the north of the island. At 620 meters it’s not massive but considering this is a ... read more

Quadra Island - Part 2

North America » Canada » British Columbia » Discovery Islands » Quadra Island August 7th 2013

Haskin Trail

thebakers

August 5/6/7, 2013 Each day we wake to glorious weather and each day we’re beginning to take it for granted - which is not a good thing to do in British Columbia. But we reassure ourselves that we are making excellent use of the weather. We are (apart from a few hours in the morning spent either working or school work) on holiday and so we get out and about and enjoy the sun. We find more beautiful spots on Quadra (it would be hard not to) and, with the help of the local Quadra Island Hiking Trails map (sold for $2 in order to help with the upkeep of trails etc), we find a few hikes. One (Haskin Farm Trail) is just a 1.5 km trail that leads through beautiful forest before descending steeply to ... read more

Quadra Island - Rebecca Spit Provincial Park

North America » Canada » British Columbia » Discovery Islands » Quadra Island August 5th 2013

Rebecca Spit Provincial Park

thebakers

August 4, 2013 We wake to another beautiful day in British Columbia on the lovely island of Quadra. The view from the deck is outstanding and as we sit and eat breakfast we can hear the hoarse, cawing cry of the crows chattering to each other. It’s difficult to drag ourselves away from the view as the morning sun gently warms us so we stay a while longer. After a busy week in downtown Vancouver it seems right to slow things down a bit on Quadra. It’s Sunday; we’ve got our books, the boys are happy with their iPads and as a result it’s gone midday by the time we finally set out to explore further afield. Our first stop is the Tru-Value supermarket in Heriot Bay. It’s not Safeway but it’ll do nicely for the ... read more

Day 1 on Quadra Island

North America » Canada » British Columbia » Discovery Islands » Quadra Island August 4th 2013

Lazy Sunset

thebakers

August 3, 2013 A shame to leave our wonderful condo in False Creek but it’s a rather nice feeling to know we’re a long way off going home. Today we head over to Vancouver Island and from there to Quadra Island. It’s usually ok not to book BC Ferries from the mainland to Vancouver Island but this is the August long weekend in Canada and as such it is probably worth booking. Unfortunately we didn’t - until a few days ago that is - and as a result have no choice but to journey down south to Tsawwassen for our ferry across to Nanaimo instead of going north from Horseshoe Bay. After our initial panic on discovering this it turns out there isn’t any difference in the cost and not much in the journey time either ... read more

point of departure

North America » Canada » British Columbia » Discovery Islands » Quadra Island June 14th 2009

west coast

Padgee

Hello everyone, I am getting ready for my trip back to Iqaluit for the summer. I will be leaving Quadra on June 19th and overnighting in Vancouver before I take a flight to Ottawa, Ontario where I will also stay overnight before I head up to Iqaluit on a 3 1/2 hours flight. I am so busy right now, trying to get everything organized for the housesitter and arranging for a gardener to come in and make sure the yard doesn't look like a hay field when we get back home in September. I have decided to leave our dog, Jake in the capable hands of our housesitter. I will be arriving in Iqaluit on Father's Day so am happy that Michael will not be spending this special day alone. Michael left for Iqaluit two weeks ... read more

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