In mid-April we hiked trails above the Salmon Arm of Shuswap Lake, first up the Sunnybrae Bluffs Trail, then on the Reinecker Creek Trails in Herald Provincial Park. Some of the trails were on south-facing slopes and some were in the forest. Along the way, we stopped to enjoy flowering plants, and we spotted some other plants to photograph, … Continue reading →
On a warm spring day we drove to Vernon and then to the Cosens Bay Trailhead in Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park. We hiked the Coming Around the Mountain Trail and other trails in an 11 km loop. There were many early spring flowering plants along the route and we took some photos along the way. Included here are … Continue reading →
On two hikes in mid-April, I spotted a number of emerging wildflowers, but also flowering shrubs and lichens along the trails. Shared here are saskatoon (Amelanchier sp.), arrow-leaved balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata), wax currant (Ribes cereum), lemonweed (Lithosspermum ruderale), woodland star (Lithophragma parviflorum), hawkweed (Hieracium sp.), wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina), Beckwith’s milkvetch (Astralagus beckwithii), narrow-leaved desert-parsley (Lomatium triternatum), and cutleaf fleabane … Continue reading →
In early spring I hiked an off-trail hike through the hills above Neskonlith Lake on a route that I had hiked before which often has an early bloom of wildflowers. On this outing I spotted glacier lilies, western spring beauty, woodland star, yellow bells, arrow-leaved balsamroot, fernleaf desert parsley, big-fruited desert parsley, larkspur leaves, pale comandra, budding saskatoons and … Continue reading →
In the week after the spring equinox I did a nature hike up the Adams River from the Wade Road trailhead in Tsutswecw Park. The single track trail route wound through the burned forest to the Gorge. I hiked over the bluffs, then returned on a double track through the black forest to the start, a 5 km … Continue reading →
In the first days of spring, there were very few wildflowers in bloom in the grasslands, but there was lots of emerging green growth. On a nature hike through the middle Lac du Bois grasslands, there was still a bit of mud, but there were swans and ducks on the ponds and lakes, blackbirds on the marshy pothole ponds, … Continue reading →
We camped, hiked, kayaked, and explored New Zealand for a month. We completed two of the Great Treks and we visited a number of remote spots. We liked NZ a lot and we hope to return. There were many photos taken, and only a few are shared here, mostly of plants spotted while hiking the trails. Shared here … Continue reading →
We stayed on the Pender Islands in spring to hike, paddle, and explore. Each hike was a nature hike with lots to see and enjoy. One of the hikes we did was up an informal trail to the top of Spalding Hill. There were some wet areas near the bottom and some open slopes near the top of … Continue reading →
We hiked trails on the Pender Islands in April. One of the trails we did was on the South Island, up Mt. Norman and then down to the seashore in Beaumont Provincial Marine Park, now part of the Gulf Islands National Park. We enjoyed the mild spring weather on the Gulf Islands, and we also stopped to enjoy the … Continue reading →
We stayed on Denman Island in the spring to explore the island, mostly by hiking, walking, kayaking, and exploring. Each day we would stop along the trails and routes to enjoy the spring wildflowers, flowering shrubs, and flowering trees that we encountered in this Pacific Northwest – Gulf Islands climate/ecosystem. Some of the photos shared here include Pacific Trillium (Trillium … Continue reading →
