Smuggler Cove is my favourite short hike on the Sunshine Coast. It’s easy, it’s scenic, and it’s a nature lover’s dream. I was reminded how gorgeous this provincial park is when I went for a spontaneous visit on a mild, …
How I Became an Unlikely Mushroom Forager
I never expected to become a mushroom forager. You see, for the longest time, I never liked mushrooms. I meticulously picked them out of pizza. I snubbed my nose at cream of mushroom soup. But something changed in my twenties. …
Hiking Quarry Rock
There’s nothing like kicking off the month of December with a hike through the temperate rainforest! Despite having lived my entire life in the Lower Mainland, I had never hiked Quarry Rock until today. What makes this somewhat odd is …
Discovering Whiteshell Provincial Park
Everyone in Manitoba loves Whiteshell Provincial Park. Universally, it was the one place that came up time and time again from anyone I had talked to. “Make sure you go to the Whiteshell!” So on my last weekend of my month-long …
A Nature Excursion at Hecla Grindstone Provincial Park
My next destination was Hecla Grindstone Provincial Park, or specifically Hecla, as almost everyone in Manitoba calls it. Hecla refers to the part of the park on Hecla Island, located off the west coast of Lake Winnipeg. The Grindstone part …
Riding Mountain National Park
I woke up early in my spacious suite at the top floor of the Holiday Inn & Suites Downtown Winnipeg. I gazed out at my unobstructed view of the Manitoba Legislative Building. Had I really been in Northern Manitoba the day …
Top 5 Things to do in Thompson, Manitoba
Northern Manitoba may be scenically spectacular, but what I also discovered is that the people of Thompson are truly remarkable. When I briefly visited late July, they embraced me with open arms like a long lost friend and invited me …