Category: Hiking

An idiot in the woods
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An idiot in the woods

There’s something magical about getting lost in the woods. In an era of gps, constant cell access, and reductive subdivision mentality in Canadian civic planning, it’s getting increasingly harder to even get lost close to home. Carless for a day, I decided to walk home and tried a new trail I hadn’t even noticed on [...]

Entrance to Hidden Grove hiking area
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Wusses Guide: Hidden Grove Hikes

by Laurie McConnell, Editor/Publisher If you are looking for an off-the-beaten-path hiking experience on the Sunshine Coast that is easy to get to and easy to hike, Hidden Grove will suit admirably. This is truly a ‘park of the people’… many zealous hikers and mountain bikers helped ensure this area remained available as a recreation [...]

Tzoonie Wilderness Camp: Soul Time
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Tzoonie Wilderness Camp: Soul Time

Tzoonie Wilderness Camp is a boat or floatplane access only resort located in Narrows Inlet, the second fjord up Sechelt Inlet. Art & Aleta Giroux have been running this resort for over 20 years, sharing some of the most beautiful of BC’s coastline in a remote wilderness setting. Campers stay in rustic but comfortable cabins, [...]

Bird Point Retreat – Unplug!
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Bird Point Retreat – Unplug!

  Wow. We just got back from four days at Bird Point Retreat up Sechelt Inlet, and I can’t believe – as the designer of their web site at http://www.birdpointretreat.com – that we didn’t go for a longer amount of time, given that I actually typed out the sentence: “Everyone wishes they had booked a [...]