31st March 2008
Forty years ago, I couldn’t hear my little children properly. I first noticed I was hard of hearing when I didn’t seem to mind if they were noisy, but others did.
At that time, many hearing aids were sold by well meaning people with little or no p...
31st March 2008
Stawamus Chief Mountain is the first feature you see (you can hardly not notice it) when you arrive at Squamish. 2,000 feet straight up. It’s one gigantic rock. In fact it covers approximately 3 square kilometers It was formed by molten magma solidifyin...
31st March 2008
This is not a how to cook article. It’s not an instruction manual on how to fry the perfect bacon strip, or how to flip an egg. Not even a guide to cook up a perfect plate full of food.
Camping breakfast. Start the day off right with a great one and...
31st March 2008
What makes a golf course good may not necessarily mean it is beautiful, but it sure helps to have the perfect location. Play these five courses in Whistler Pemberton and you will be certain you have found Nirvana.
If British Columbia is a golfers Parad...
31st March 2008
Pemberton, British Columbia lies a short 25 minute drive north of Whistler. The perfect place to be if you want to visit the great outdoors, quietly.
Lying only a 25 minute drive north of Whistler, Pemberton is a world apart. It’s a quiet valley surr...
31st March 2008
We have all seen great lists of camping essentials, but in our opinion there are five items you absolutely should not do without.
Your camping trip sometimes may end up being a total write-off for the simplest reason. That’s because we don’t get t...
31st March 2008
We have all seen great lists of camping essentials, but in our opinion there are five items you absolutely should not do without.
Your camping trip sometimes may end up being a total write-off for the simplest reason. That’s because we don’t get t...
31st March 2008
What a fantastic array of beautiful and challenging hiking trails are waiting for you at spectacular Whistler. From short little strolls to a week of backpacking in the mountains. There are trails for every taste or desire.
This one is a nice 3 hour ...
31st March 2008
The name hockey comes from the French word hocquet which means stick. It’s not clear how the game got started but the story goes that British soldiers stationed in Nova Scotia, Canada were playing hockey games of one sort or another. No doubt it was ear...
31st March 2008
Figure skating is a technically demanding and graceful sport. A pleasure to watch as the skaters glide over the surface of ice.
But do you really understand what it is all about?
What makes one jump tougher to do than another?
How do the Judges...
31st March 2008
Hurtle down an icy chute at breakneck speed. Hit high G forces in the turns. All this in a fiberglass bullet. Enjoy.
Olympic Bobsledding had it’s very beginning in 1877 in Davis, Switzerland after people trying adding a steering wheel to a sled. In ...
31st March 2008
The Whistler Corridor is terrific hiking territory because there is such a diverse collection of great trails from which to choose. The Crater Rim Loop certainly fit’s the bill.
This area north of Squamish is a fascinating one. It is part of the Whi...
31st March 2008
This advice is For Men Only. My wife and I have been happily married for 50 years. If I don’t know what made it work, who does? Here’s what you must do.
I want to make it known to you that you probably will have a tougher battle to keep your marri...
04th March 2008
Campfire magic. No, we are not going to go into strange magic tricks, what we are going to do is tell you how you can add some chemicals to your fire and create a dazzling spectacle of colors what will amaze everyone.
You may not want to do this all o...
04th March 2008
Tobogganing, now called Bobsledding. The word conjures up memories of colorful, sleek, racing machines, speeding at breakneck speed down a high-banked icy bobsled run. The team members pushing for all their might to get it started, and disappearing inside...
