Mr. GeoK crash landed his mountain bike last July. His resulting injuries meant we didn't get out hiking again until September. So when we started thinking about where to go for our first big family vacation since 2011, one of the key decision points was that it had to be somewhere we could go hiking …
Category: Travel
Excursion to Milford Sound, NZ
Less than twenty-four hours after landing in Queenstown, we headed back to the airport for our 10 o'clock helicopter flight to Milford Sound - the most well-known of all the fiords in Fiordland National Park, part of the Te Wahipounamu World Heritage Area. For three of the four of us, this was the first helicopter …
Five Days in Queenstown, NZ
We've been back home in Calgary long enough that I've pretty much taken care of the backlog of mail, voice messages and home maintenance tasks that accumulated while were in New Zealand - at least to the point I am excited to begin blogging about our four-week adventure. Yes, four weeks! C set the stage …
Bamfield – Brady’s Beach
Our fourth and final day of programming at the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre was fantastic! It was a beautiful, sunny and very comfortable day. Right after breakfast, all 96 students, 4 teachers, principal and 6 parent volunteers boarded skiffs to cross over to West Bamfield for a slightly longer walk to Brady's Beach. We spent …
Bamfield – Afternoon on the Alta
By the second morning at Bamfield, the grade 9 students had long since worked out that there was generally an advantage to being at the front of the food line. The food was a little hotter and they had their choice of tables - not insignificant given that some had ocean views while others provided …