Year: 2011
Snow in the Sooke Hills
Last week it snowed in the Sooke Hills. And it was simply beautiful. It’s mushroom season, which is my favorite. So the little mushrooms were covered with ice. And the rocks had icicles. My favorite part was that some good Samaritan had covered the bridge with metal treads so no one slips when they’re crossing.…
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Community driven mapping
Note from the future: This post was written in 2011 and a lot has changed since then. This post is about how many of the trail maps we use on Gaia and FATMAP were put there by volunteers like me entering data after a hike! Original post: I’m a big map-nerd. My office is just covered…
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Mt Quimper: Visitor facilities and vandals
Update: This post was written in 2011 and a lot has changed since then. This area is now called the Sea to Sea Regional Park. So summer is over, which means less time outdoors. More time to write about being outdoors! My hiking buddy and I went to Manuel Quimper this weekend. The CRD has been working…
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John Dean Park (made extra awesome by EveryTrail)
Updated: This was posted in 2011 and a lot has changed by then! Enjoy this taste of early GPS apps on your phone. Today was a short hike sort of day, so we just popped up to John Dean Park in Sidney for a quick 90 minute loop. A real park, with a real parking…
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Mt McDonald
Update: This post was written in 2011 and a lot has changed since then. This park is now called the Sooke Hills Wilderness Regional Park. Leaving the original post up for archival reasons. We started off with directions from the ever helpful guide on summitpost for Mt McDonald. We parked at the trailhead for Mt Wells,…
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Bearanoid
One evening in July a few years ago, I came close to walking into what I thought was a large black dog. It was dusk on a the beach on the Juan de Fuca trail, a few hour drive out of the city. Many people were still up, eating from coolers. Letting their dogs romp…
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Harbour View Road
Today we went to Harbour View Rd, which is an old logging road that’s been partially paved. After a quick drive up the hill, there’s a parking lot, a gate and no more asphalt. The dirt logging road continues on for miles and miles and endless miles. We walked to a favorite spot of ours…
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Sugarloaf
Update: This post was written in 2011 and a lot has changed since then. For one, most of us have apps like Gaia or FATMAP on our phones so you don’t need to follow printed directions off the internet. Also, the CRD has developed this park and put in a large parking lot, bridge over…
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