One of the things I love about living on the North Shore is the ability to get outside after work. Last Thursday after work, I headed out to go kayaking at Deep Cove. Deep Cove Kayak runs a weekly program called Women on Water. For $25 you rent a kayak and head out with a group of like-minded women. There
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The first thing about bike commuting is to get prepared ahead of time. When you’re already late in the morning, it’s too late to be looking for panniers and a light and thinking about showering at work. Do all this stuff the night before. You’d think I’d know this by now, but every year I get caught the first morning
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On Saturday afternoon, we headed up to Cypress Mountain with our snowboards in the back of the car. It was my first time on a snowboard since my mishap last fall, so I planned for an easy day, determined to have no expectations. The sun was shining, the conditions were great and the temperature was almost balmy – I
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The forecast was for rain all weekend, so overcast with low cloud made for a weather bonus. When you have a weather bonus you put on a coat and head outside. I resisted the magnetic pull of the mountains today and headed to the ocean. My destination was Lighthouse Park in West Vancouver. This is another of the North
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So what if it’s still February!! At the first sign of spring, I start to dream of all I can do in the summer. Of course the dreams far outnumber the available days, available funds and available resources and available courage. But hey, isn’t that what summer dreaming is all about. My biggest dream for this summer is 25
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