Wandering Wade
Out and About in Anmore
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Appreciating Our Environment - Part 1
Wandering Wade brings you some of the natural beauty in photos at home in Anmore. The environment, it is ours to protect for future generations. (22-01-12)
For the Arm Chair Traveller - Sit Back, Relax, and Enjoy the Ride
Taking You a Step Beyond - Wandering Wade plots out a day-by-day Canoe Route on Bowron Lakes - You are cordially invited to join Anmore adventurers in this fabulous trip to your tranquility on the Bowron Lakes! Each photo in this series of photos by Wandering Wade is more beautiful than the previous. There will be a number of installments to follow the canoe circuit with our intrepid neighbours. Please scroll down the page for the introduction and earlier slide shows.
DAY VIII BOWRON LAKES
Day Eight - the great canoeing adventures of Wandering Wade and Blow Torch Bill on the Bowron Lakes Chain. (03-11-11)
Crashing water
Delicate petals
Intrepid Adventurers
...and they ate it allll up!
Last beautiful Bowron day to savour
Breathing in beautiful British Columiba
Nature's treasure
transcendent
Are we there yet?
Nearing the end
More adventures to com
Where the sky meets the earth
Memories created
All Done!
Really All Done!
DAY VII BOWRON LAKES
Day Seven - the great canoeing adventures of Wandering Wade and Blow Torch Bill on the Bowron Lakes Chain. (01-11-11)
a fish jumped
I am calling youuuuuu-ooo-uuu!
Blow torch ahoy
et tu Brute
placid
Mazel Moose?
Murray Moose?
Wilderness adventurers
solitude
DAY VI BOWRON LAKES
Day Six - the great canoeing adventures of Wandering Wade and Blow Torch Bill on the Bowron Lakes Chain. (25-10-11)
DAY V BOWRON LAKES
Day Five - the great canoeing adventures of Wandering Wade and Blow Torch Bill on the Bowron Lakes Chain. (18-10-11)
DAY IV BOWRON LAKES
Day Four - the great canoeing adventures of Wandering Wade and Blow Torch Bill on the Bowron Lakes Chain. (16-10-11)
Day Three - the great canoeing adventures of Wandering Wade and Blow Torch Bill on the Bowron Lakes Chain.
DAY III BOWRON LAKES
DAY II BOWRON LAKES
DAY II - Wandering Wade and Blow Torch Bill on a trip through the Bowron Lakes Chain
DAY 1 - BOWRON LAKES
Introduction
Wandering Wade and Blow Torch Bill went on a trip to the Bowron Lakes Chain this July. There were 8 of us in total, all of us united in our love of nature and seeing if we still have what it takes to survive in the wild for a week. I was the youngest in the group at 49. We range in professions, me the Handyman, Engineers, Physiotherapist, Nurses and 1 Doctor/Canoe instructor/ Bedtime story narrator. Please note that none of our significant others come on these trips, they lack the recessive crazy gene that makes one leave cozy beds and flush toilets behind.
Blow Torch Bill picked up this name for his uncanny way of lighting the wet firewood with his camp stove… and kids, don’t try this at home. Bill and I were usually the first ones up and we liked our chore of making the group's coffee. We were told by the others that they enjoyed waking up, listening to Bill and I bickering about how much coffee should be added to the next pot. Bill liked sludge and it was thick enough to be proudly worn on his chin all day. West Coast Trail Mix, consisting of Tylenol, Advil, and Aspirin was consumed eagerly with breakfast.
The days were tear down camp, pack, paddle, eat, set up camp, take pictures, dry out, listen to a story, and go to bed. In the midst of all this we would apply deet and wear screen doors over our heads, just to avoid inhaling the multitude of bugs.
The trip was far from cars, noise and the hustle and bustle of the city. For long periods, all you could hear is the rain on the water and the sound of your paddle dipping forward. And yes you could occasionally hear Bill laughing, even if he wasn’t in your canoe.
My photos and movies were taken using a Pentax WG-1. It is waterproof and shockproof, and Pentax really stands behind their products.
During this whole trip, including the driving, Bill and I did not see one bear. It was not until we returned home to Anmore, that we saw a Black Bear. Please be BearAware. I fully endorse this program. Please be part of the solution.
Now sit back, relax, and enjoy our great adventure.
Wandering Wade (09-10-11)
Resources: Garmin Maps are the maps used by my GPS. On the maps, I have Waypoints of our campsites and distance traveled in the day. The colored lines with dots are the breadcrumbs or tracks my GPS laid out as we paddled the route. The hand written info is what was on the GPS trip computer. I use a Garmin GPSmap 60CSx. I really like this product.
Resources: Canadian Government website maps. Great place to find out anything you want to know about Canada. You can save any map you view. Click Here.
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Bowron Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park located in northern British Columbia, Canada, about 120 kilometers east of the city of Quesnel. Other nearby towns include Wells and the historic destination of Barkerville. The park is known for its rugged and mountainous terrain. The main attraction is the 116 km (72 mi) canoe circuit through the Cariboo Mountains, which follows lakes, rivers, and short portages between waterways. This trip takes about a week to complete. An alternative to this trip is the shorter Westside route, which traverses Bowron, Swan, Spectacle, Skoi, Babcock, Unna and Rum lakes. This circuit takes anywhere from two to six days to complete. The park includes glaciated mountains, cold deep lakes, waterfalls, and abundant wildlife. (reference Wikipaedia).
Wade Wanders Up Diez Vista!
Wandering Wade and 'the Lads' on Diez Vista in Anmore - Nature's Home (19-09-11)
Canada Day Up Anmore Way (01-07-11)
On April 1, 2010, Anmore Alternative News photo journalist, Wandering Wade documented a Loch Ness-type beast in the depths of our own Buntzen Lake. See below. Now ABC News London is reporting a similar sighting in Lake Windemere. For the full story of Brownessie Click Here (21-02-11)
University of British Columbia Paleontologists Stumped!
Photo submitted by Frederick and Wilhelmina Stone (01-04-10)
There's a Fungus Among Us. For a link to Wandering Wade's Photojournals and Andrew Robertson's artcles about Mushrooms. Click Here (10-02-11)
Folk lore says that where there are mushrooms there are fairies. Does this mean that our beautiful forests in Anmore are full of fairies? If so, where do they live?(07-02-11)
Anmore photographer extraordinaire, Wandering Wade, says,"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas everywhere you go in Anmore." Merry Christmas Dear Friends and Neighbours. (22-12-10)
Ghouls and Boys in Hairy, Scary Anmore
Ghouls and Boys in Hairy, Scary Anmore get into the Hallowe'en Spirits. Thanks again to the Sasamat Volunteer Firefighters and the youth volunteers for their help with the Village fireworks. (01-11-10)
Picnic Anyone?
Yellow and Black Garden Spiders - welcomed friends. Click Here
Wind Beneath My Wings (Part Two 16-07-10)
Ebony and Ivory
Live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on my piano keyboard
Oh Lord, why don't we?
Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
Wind Beneath My Wings (Part One 07-07-10)
"Fly, fly, fly high against the sky,
so high I almost touch the sky.
Thank you, thank you,
thank God for you, the wind beneath my wings."
Bette Midler
Humans are clever - nature devine!
(01-07-10)
Following the Yellow Banana's Route from the Shore - How things have changed from July (See below)! 13-10-09
Where Buntzen Lake Meets Anmore Creek - From the Inside Out
25-07-09
