Tag: backpacking

Cape Scott Provincial Park – backpacking

Once we were parked and set up at Cluxewe, we drove to the Port Hardy Visitor Center to obtain more information about the Cape Scott Trail. The staff said that it usually takes 3 hours from the highway to make it to the trailhead and the last 60+ km is on an active logging road. …

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Mount Cheam

The Labour day long weekend is usually our last camping trip before back to school. As we had a wedding to attend on Saturday, we did not make plans for any trips with the kidlets. Late Friday night, Jeff and I decided to go backpacking to Mt Cheam on Sunday. The only chance we had …

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Bear spray

Looks like our bear spray has recently expired… Does it mean that the capsicum is less potent? No not really, it just means that the propellant (nitrogen) may be less effective when you really need it. When researching online, they recommend using the expired can to practice exactly how the spray works or donating it …

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Preparing for zombie apocalypse

Here’s a knife Jeff bought to protect the family from bears and other woodland creatures. I guess zombies too if needed