Category Archives: Adventures

observer status

My shoulder is suffering from moderate dysfunction at present. This means I was something of a voyeur on a trip to Vancouver Island this past weekend. While I could not surf, I was able to reflect on academic postulations and … Continue reading

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like a boss

This is what doing awesome stuff with awesome people looks like.

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May the fours be with you

This weekend a group of four of us set out into Tetrahedron Park. Saturday morning Miki, Tess, Katherine (of Midrand, not Katherine of Ontarioville) and I awoke in Pender Harbour on the Sunshine Coast. The morning began with a skinny … Continue reading

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Trekking into the past

Today an adventure into tetrahedron park begins. When we traveled to the sunshine coast a week ago we sort of knew we would be going hiking a week later but didn’t really think it all through. Specifically, we failed to … Continue reading

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Team Pie Crust

Saturday afternoon Sara and I began a trek from her gone in Burnaby. We rode our bikes into Vancouver in the beautiful sunshine and took our first break at 10th and Kingsway where we finished off a bottle of cold … Continue reading

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seeing chelt

Hazel and Alex are visiting from the UK. My cousin Hazel was last here when she was fifteen. Our interests were pretty well aligned then. It seems they still are. We began our adventures together with a kayak trip up … Continue reading

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family portrait

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The road back

i am back in vancouver now. this is the route i took to get here. the trip took about ten days. fun stuff happened. it was sooper gnarly. more on all that later. it took so long to draw all … Continue reading

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Team Karma Turtle

This is what I look like when I am chillin’ with my peeps on a boat in Prince Rupert.

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The bloom at the end

Tonight I leave Haida Gwaii. The full thrust of spring has most plants pushing new shoots or offering flowers and berries. The hemlock is no exception. When my mum was visiting she expressed curiosity that the Haida eat the pith … Continue reading

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