Expedition Canada

Jack Vs Car Sat November 9th Fall seems later this year and the deciduous leaves have been a lovely mix of golds and reds with the predominance of Maples in all of its varieties. After last week's storms, most of the leaves are now down along with quite a few trees.  Further up the Coast a tornado was reported taking out multiple trees that closed the main highway and took out power for local residents for around three days.    A local driver caught the trees coming down on video .  After two consecutive dry summers, 2024 has been wetter with no significant water restrictions on the Coast.  I assumed this was good news until reading an article in the UK press that suggested late autumns are just another sign of global warming. The storm left us without power for nearly 12 hours and a huge number of properties were similarly affected across southern and central BC.  Fortunately we had a good supply of candles and a gas lamp.  Some friends near the ...

It's Smoky Sun Aug 20th Bonniebrook sunset through a smoky haze  - photo by Martin Davies a local acquaintance A number of friends and family have asked if we have been affected by the wildfires.  The answer is not directly.  Saturday night's sunset was a smoky haze producing a red fiery setting sun.  This morning Vancouver Island is not visible as it is cloaked in smoke. Our immediate neighbours moved here from Kelowna earlier in the year, having sold their house to be closer to their son and his family with whom they now share the house.  Their friends and family back in Kelowna are OK but they "are glad to be living in Gibsons". A small forest fire started up behind us a few weeks ago but was quickly extinguished by local firefighters. According to the BC WIldfire Service there are currently 386 active wildfires of 1865 so far this year.  The map which shows active wildfires is here .  It is changing so quickly, the stats may well have changed by t...