Today we went to two popular sites in the area, Goats on the Roof and Cathedral Grove. The two locations couldn’t be more different. Cathedral Grove is a protected enclave of old growth forest on the road to Port Alberni, Read More …
We took a day to drive out to Long Beach in Pacific Rim National Park. It is about 150 kilometres or a 2 hour drive from Parksville. The road winds through the mountains, but the first half, to Port Alberni, Read More …
A lovely, sunny, and hot day—and a lazy Rathtrevor Beach day. High tide occurred in the morning, which meant deep water…or not. The water rarely gets really deep at Rathtrevor, which is what makes it such a great kids beach. Read More …
I went to Englishman River Falls park with the idea that the falls could be used as a place to stage a murder. As I stood on the bridge over the river and looked out at the the rock shelf, I watched two people Read More …
After a day at the beach, I was pink—well, to tell the truth close to sunburned—so we decided to visit Englishman’s River Falls and Little Qualicum River Falls. A big reason for this vacation is to do site visits and Read More …
Beach day! Okay, the main reason anyone comes to Parksville is the beaches. In my case it is Rathtrevor Beach. At least 1 klick long and approximately 3.5 klicks in size, Rathtrevor has a long, slow slope, which means that Read More …
If it all works out, book 5 in the 9 Lives series is going to see the Armstrong-Jamiesons (as well as a number of others) going camping. So today was, for me, the equivalent of getting settled in at the Read More …
I like to travel, which is a good thing because from eastern Canada to the BC coast, then on to Vancouver Island is a very long journey. Sixteen hours on the road, by plane, car and ferry, in fact. Of Read More …
Today I am beginning a series of posts about a trip I took to do site research for Book 5 in the 9 Lives Cozy Mystery series. The location is Parksville, on Vancouver Island, specifically the Rathtrevor Beach area. Rathtrevor is Read More …