Spring at the beach

Spring at the beach

Springtime in Revelstoke means going down ‘to the flats’. This is the unflooded Columbia River valley, but it is turned into a lake each year in July. Still snowy up high but 20 degrees down here. If I closed my eyes, I could be in...
A warm Easter day

A warm Easter day

So the day after Emily and Simon went skiing, we all went just south of Revelstoke to ‘the flats’, by the Columbia River… a very COLD Columbia River. That didn’t stop our kids: It was a nice day by the water. This area was forest and farmland...
Fishing in the Columbia

Fishing in the Columbia

Simon and I have been taking short trips down to the banks of the Columbia River lately, throwing in a few fishing lines, and letting the girls play along the shoreline. The evenings have been sooo beautiful…