by janecanapini | Sep 19, 2018 | Adventure, Attractions, British Columbia
Most people think of one thing when they think of Vancouver Island’s small town of Tofino: surfing. (Well, maybe ‘hippies’, too, since they are somewhat related in attitude and lifestyle.) Certainly the town’s location on the wild Pacific side of the island supports...
by janecanapini | Aug 28, 2018 | Adventure, Attractions, British Columbia
High on the list of must-do activities for visitors to Vancouver is a trip to the top of Grouse Mountain, the city’s popular mountaintop playground where summer hiking and great views are only an 8-minute gondola ride away. There are plenty of activities and...
by janecanapini | Aug 20, 2018 | Accommodations, British Columbia, Curiosities
Eight years or so ago I bought Henk a book called Bed in a Tree, a collection of weird and wonderful types of accommodation from all around the world. Included here was a listing for Free Spirit Spheres, spherical treehouses suspended in a small forest of cedars and...
by janecanapini | Aug 11, 2018 | Adventure, British Columbia, Nature & Wildlife
There is more than one way to get high in Tofino, Canada’s version of a California surf town, but the one that draws people to this town by the thousands probably isn’t the one that immediately comes to mind. No, the real high that people seek in Tofino is a...
