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Salt Spring Island Bikepacking trip: Affordable oceanside weekend get-away for under $100

A short boat ride away from Vancouver is a beautiful island full of gorgeous ocean vistas, peaceful forested trails, and wonderful people brimming with laid-back island vibes.  Bikepacking on Salt Spring offers a plethora of experiences. From oceanside camping at Ruckle Park, to various wineries, breweries and farm-to-table dining experiences thanks to the local small-scale […]

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Murtle Lake: Canoeing, camping, fishing and surviving a 600KM road trip during a historic “heat dome” event

Murtle Lake is the largest canoe-only lake in North America. This pristine L-shaped lake – home to some amazing trout-fishing – is located in Wells Gray provincial park – approximately a 7-8 hour drive northeast of Vancouver, near Mount Robson – highest point of the Canadian Rockies.   In late-June 2021, during one of the

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Pausing my 9-to-5 life to travel the world on a paid sabbatical year

In 2022, I’ll be pausing my largely 9-to-5 life to take a sabbatical year.  I’ll be essentially taking a paid leave of absence – on what is called a “deferred salary leave” from my job to go travel for a year. When I tell people about my plan to take a break from my life

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Twin Islands, North Vancouver: Beginner-friendly Kayak camping

The world is a big place and you can spend your entire life travelling and never see it all.  This is never more apparent than when you live in Canada.  My country is so vast that I could spend a lifetime just exploring my own province of British Columbia – which holds a landmass greater

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How to prevent airline points from expiring and also get up to 5X points – without having to fly!

With the pandemic making flying a less common endeavor, many of you might be wondering on how to keep your airline points from expiring when you don’t have any intention of travelling. Having airline points expire is a very frustrating experience.  Sometimes you end up missing the year-end deadline for the airline with which you’ve

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Intersections: life, adventure, and love in a time of Coronavirus

It’s now the latter half of 2021, we’ve been through nearly two years of a global pandemic that has changed the world, and changed how we live our lives – possibly forever.  Prior the pandemic, I was travelling roughly half the year.  Business travel took me to all corners of the world – I woke

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