Leaving Horseshoe Bay on a crack-of-dawn ferry gets us kayaking on Wallace Island Marine Provincial Park by noon. Since my last blog-post from Thetis Island, we’ve wanted to kayak-camp on Wallace. From Nanaimo, it’s an hour’s drive south to Crofton where a group of Cowichan kayakers are headed our way on a daytrip. They lead us […]
Southern Vancouver Island locavores lollygag on the Trans Canada Trail in the Cowichan Valley. See Joan’s article pages 6-9 with ‘Getting There’ finale. Here’s a synopsis: Follow Lochside Trail up and over the Saanich Peninsula to the Brentwood Bay Ferry. Stop at Seahorses Restaurant or Merridale Ciderworks for refreshment before rolling on to Shawnigan […]