It was an act of real discipline to go out on the deck yesterday to snap a few hurried pictures before my hands froze. It is always beautif...

There are a few spots to pull over when you are driving north up the Malahat and this is the view from the first one looking across the Saan...

Although Victoria is located on an island (Vancouver Island) I never really have the sense of "island living" except when I need t...

The Gulf Islands are an archipelago formed by many small islands that lie between south-eastern Vancouver Island and the Canadian and Americ...

Fern mentioned that we took a small Gulf Islands tour on Sunday, island hopping a bit to get from Victoria to Galiano Island. The ferry stop...

I mentioned in yesterday's post that Fern and I visited John Dean Provincial Park in Saanich. The park consists of the summit of Mount ...

Victoria is located on Vancouver Island , a very large island (460 kilometres [290 mi] in length and 80 kilometres [50 mi] in width at its w...

I'm back from my brief holiday, having had a wonderful break from life on the coast by travelling into the semi-arid desert country of t...