Category Archives: Travels BC
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Birding Surrey Parks … Part 1
September 14, 2021 by Rokman61
Preamble Many bird watchers are obsessive ‘collectors’ in that they assiduously keep various lists of birds they have seen and/or …
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More exploring in southwest Interior BC
September 26, 2019 by Rokman61
This post arises from a short camping trip I took in late August, 2019. I present it in three parts: …
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Reminiscing in the South Okanagan
July 30, 2019 by Rokman61
I am fortunate in having had opportunity to make regular visits to the South Okanagan Valley for almost 50 years. …
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A Visit to the Kootenays, September 2016
October 20, 2016 by Rokman61
‘The Kootenays’ refers to an area in southern BC set within the Interior Mountain Ranges (west of the Rocky Mountains and …
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Skagit Valley visit
November 4, 2015 by Rokman61
The Skagit River sources in the rugged Cascade Range mountains in southern BC and flows south into and through the …
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May 2015 – Camera Trials
July 2, 2015 by Rokman61
(Note 1: This edition of my blog is mainly a discussion of cameras and results of some trials, which may …
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June 2014
Leave a commentJuly 14, 2014 by Rokman61
Mystery photo for June: this might be a bit easier than the previous one. The identity of this menacing-looking thing …
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Alaska 2013, Part 2, Glacier Bay and home
Leave a commentJanuary 30, 2014 by Rokman61
Glacier Bay A visit to spectacular Glacier Bay National Park is the highlight of virtually every cruise to the Alaska …
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North to Alaska . . . !
Leave a commentJanuary 28, 2014 by Rokman61
Alaska, Part 1: on board and on shore Norma and I had been thinking about taking a cruise somewhere someday. …
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November 2013
Leave a commentDecember 4, 2013 by Rokman61
November marks the transition from ‘deep fall’ to ‘early winter’. Our first real frost was early in the month. As …
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