This second part of our trip report starts at Rossland and continue East. We didn't go to Banff right away, first I wanted to see Fernie, about a 4 hour drive. I've come across that town in several guides, so I finally wanted to see what this town is all about.
Our first stop...
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The local Winter season came to an abrubt end due to the Coronavirus, so I thought I look back at the great season I had. After I started snowboarding at Cypress about 5 years ago I got better for about 2 or 3 years but then hit a point where I was not progressing much anymore. I was just doing blue...
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When JJ became a Candian citizen she also got a voucher for a discounted train ticket. We have been thinking of trying out taking the train before, so this was the perfect opportunity, since it couldn't get much cheaper.
Our plan was to start in Vancouver, go east to Jasper in Alberta and then con...
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Sorry for not sending many updates, but JJ and I have been super busy with trips in the past two months and are just finding time to catch up. I'll start with our trip to Galiano Island, which started with an invite from Jonas and Monette to join them.
They alrady planned on sailing over from Van...
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Sean invited us to join him cfelebrating Egmont Day on this lovely weekend trip in his hometown Engmont. Around 330 people live there and it lies at the north end of the Sechelt Peninsula on the Sunshine Coast.
To get there we took the ferry from Horseshoe B...
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This is a short report from my work-trip to Montreal from Oct 16th to 18th. Besides the meetings I had some time to explore the city and nightlife. Sadly without JJ this time, there was just not enough time to make it worthwile.
Here are some impressions from my trip:
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Our second trip to Kelowna, this time with our friends from the Alpha group. Our plan was to have a mix of biking on the Kettle Valley Railway and wine tasking at some wineries (it's Kelowna after all). I called this post Luxurios because we booked a great house four our stay through Airbnb. It's...
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Kelowna is a middle sized town (population of 180k) a 4 hour drive East of Vancouver. It is located in the Okanage Valley next to the big Okanagen Lake. The hot weather in the valley makes the area a good spot to grow grapes for wine and the lake offers great views and opportuneties for some water...
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