Last Sunday I participated in a very different new kind of poker game for me. In the picture you see the poker hands all the teams got. I sure had a lot more fun that I could have at a real poker game. Teams? Poker hands? Fun? Find out more about the SIMBS Hartland Poker [...]

Last weekend we drove up north on Vancouver Island to the first Annual Puntledge River Paddle Festival organized by our great folks at the Vancouver Island Whitewater Paddling Society.

We started the snowboarding season with an awesome weekend up on Mount Washington in early January. It was snowing in Victoria and all the way up there. The drive was a nightmare and took about 5 hours, but we got rewarded with lots of fresh powder on that day and more snow overnight leading to [...]

Finally .. I took the time to upload some of the photos from the recent up island trips. Enjoy

After our adventures in Campbell River we went westwards via Strathcona Park to Gold River. We truly entered a different part of the island. The mountains and lakes become truly spectacular. And I took the chance to paddle a the middle section of the Gold River…

Last week we went for another trip up north on the island. Last time we did that we discovered so many great thing to explore that we only made it to Campbell River. Later we were told that the true northern part of Vancouver Island only starts in Campbell River.

It is hot and dry on the island now. The snow has melted, the rain has gone and the rivers are dry. The Cowichan is as low as you can imagine it. On the Koksilah you can probably walk down the river bed with mostly dry feet. Kayaking season is in atumn and winter here. [...]

Our first winter in British Columbia is well under way. We had snow in town and went for a sledging session with our boogie board on the nearby golf course. And we went snowboarding up island to Mt. Washington. After mountain biking there in summer we were certainly curious. Up there the first time on [...]

It is winter here in Victoria. Surf and kayaking peak season… so I went along the coast to find some waves.

At the beginning of November we went for a stroll in the woods.With the organisers from Rainforest Expeditions and a group of people we went for a bush bashing session in the forest around Cowichan. We had a great time snooping around in the ferns, under logs and around the next tree. As you can [...]