British Columbia Magazine

Even when one lives in the best place in the entire world it can take a lifetime to experience everthing your community has to offer. All "Enderbushians" know about the Enderby Cliffs -- some even know about Reese Lake located just minutes away from the most amazing views of the Shuswap River Valley --and yet many residents have never made the climb. I did once and that's all I most likely will. Don't get me wrong, it was a nice hike, but I prefer what some friends and I did the other day. We packed a picnic lunch onto our quads and left from my family's Mara Mountain property. We cruised some light terrain in the Hunters Range recreation area and then crossed over to a rarely used and less-known trail that took us directly to the Reese lake and Cliff area. We climbed rocks that were nearly vertical and crawled down ravines thick with mud. Once we reached the lake we had a snack and took numerous pictures -- so many in fact that the battery went dead on the camera, so we have no pictures of the best day ever! We have to go again! (collapse)

My favourite outdoor activity is geocaching. It is similar to treasure hunting using a handheld GPS. I would love to spend a week or two traveling across B.C. finding as many geocaches as I can. (collapse)

A few of my favourite day trips to make around Abbotsford: visit the many farms, pick berries, mini golf at Cultus Lake, walk Mill Lake, visit a wine farm, visit a tea house in Abbotsford, visit the local library, drive along Mount Lehman to dream about a future house, visit old clayburn candy store, and visit the apple barn in October for pumpkins. (collapse)

I love walking around in Vancouver! It's such a beautiful city with so much to see and do! (collapse)

Sea kayaking with orcas in Johnstone Strait is a world-renowned adventure. Few people, however, take it one step farther and paddle north into the Broughton Archipelago. As you paddle north from Telegraph Cove on Vancouver Island, you can leave the chaos of fishing boats, cruise ships, whale watchers, and other kayak groups behind and find a maze of tight passages and islands draped in moss and shrouded in mystery. Many of these islands contain signs of First Nations settlements from 6,000 to 8,000 years ago. Village Island, near the middle of the archipelago, is the site of a famous historical potlatch. You can still walk through the remains of ancient longhouses and see even older house posts and totem poles that are slowly decaying and returning to the Earth. Not only is it possible to paddle with orca, humpback, and Minke whales in Johnstone Strait and Blackfish Sound, but you will find more seals, sea lions, river otters, porpoises, dolphins, mink and solitude the further you travel into the Broughtons. The intertidal life underwater is just as amazing as what you see around you. Check out Steller Sea Kayaking for tours led by professional biologists and archeologists. (collapse)