The one big negative to being a salt spring real estate agent is that half my time is spent in the car, in the coffee shops, on the phone, or online. I have found over the last few years my pants have been shrinking. So to counter the bulge in 2012 I have started to …
It was so nice to get a day off. No cell phone (I did have my tablet with maps loaded), no text not even an email. I went exploring. Out for a hike on Salt Spring Island. It was a no trail off-track ramble. I have wanted to go and check out the rock grinder …
On my birthday (Sept) someone posted on the Salt Spring exchange about trekking in Nepal. June noticed it and said Keith (my 19-year-old son) and I should go. I emailed the person and met up. He gave me the low down on the trek he was proposing and that set the wheels in motion for …
Don’t get me wrong Salt Spring is a great place to live but the West Coast Trail (WCT) is the ultimate rugged west coast hiking trail. Salt Spring is basically on the lee side of the mountains on Vancouver Island and in a rain shadow. We do not get the massive amount of rain that …
Mount Sullivan is probably one of the least known peaks on Salt Spring. Most know Mt Maxwell or Mt Erskine but not many know about Mount Sullivan. It is one of the better hikes on Salt Spring and it’s almost all on parkland. The hike starts at the parking area of Burgoyne Bay Provincial Park …
I have always been a bit of a rockhound and always wanted to find the Jasper outcrop on Salt Spring Island. Travel writer Rich Hudson gives an excellent account of finding the Jasper deposit on Salt Spring. Rick Hudson – travel writer and author pdf Here is the link to his site. The location of …
