John's Camping Page
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The trip that inspired them all! Our first
trip in the summer after grade 12 (1992),
Heather's Dad took us out to
Portland Island and let us fend for ourseleves. (Eric Jones
brought a camera - these are his photos)
Princess Margaret Provincial ParkThe following year we went to Gold Stream, but there are no known photos. |
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The first camping trip where I brought a camera - a
disposable 35mm camera from Kodak. The pictures are hazy and dark
but it was a great camping trip. The trip was done in August of 1996.
Strathcona Park |
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I had just bought my camera, basically so I
could record trips like this. This was a fairly long trip - four
days, and I loved shooting it. I had my small tripod (you'll see
lots of pictures of it), and I shot six rolls of film. The trip
was done in August of 1997.
Manning Park |
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A short trip, Horne lake was a small crew but a lot of fun. Other trips have had lots of hiking but this trip was dominated by caving and canoeing. The trip was done in September of 1998. Horne Lake |
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Nine of us on a crazy four day bike camping trip
- none of us were prepared for the adventure, the excitement, and what
happened when Sean took his shirt off. (1999)
Pender Island |
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We revive the fall camping experience - with
showers and everything. A local forest fire adds a bit of magic to the
photography. (2006)
Camping in Manning Park |
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The Okanagan is one of my favorite places and
this year we got to go camping there. Lots of fun with wine tasting and
local touring. (2007)
Camping at Okanagan North |
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It was a short camping trip, but the hot spring made it
memorable. St. Agnest well is an lightly developed hot spring on
the Harrison river, north east of Vancouver.
St. Agnes Well |
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The Year 2000 didn't have a single solid camping trip except
for this skin of our teeth "camping trip" in Calgary. Mike
generously hosted us in his house and we took a nice hike in Johnson
Canyon.Calgary |
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Sean first discovered the Confluence project and told us
about the project. The project is to get people to visit
every integer confluence of longitude and latitude around the world and
post pictures on their web page. We chose 50°N, 121°W
because it's close to Vancouver and it didn't look impossible to get
to. We rented two mini vans and Friday afternoon we hit the
road! Merritt |
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We usually try to do something for the May Day long weekend
(see Tofino or Salt Spring Island) and this year we
wanted to go camping. The Sunshine coast is new to us, so we
thought we would give it a try! The hike along Campbell Creek was
well worth the time! Porpoise Bay, Sechelt |
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Levette lake is in the Squamish area and looked like a fun
weekend trip. There are great views of the Tantulus Range and this
lovely lake.
Levette Lake
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Helen had a few days off mid week and had never been camping
so we visisted two hot springs - St. Agnes Wells as well as Sloquet Hot
Springs. We stopped in to the Skookumchuck Church of the Holy Cross.
(2006)
Two Hot Springs
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Helen's first "Backpack" camping trip and my first in a
number of years, we went out to one of the "Big 5" of the Coast
Mountains for the August long weekend. (2006)
Joffre Lakes
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Panorama ridge is a very long day hike but we made a great
long weekend camping trip. The alpine flowers were out in force. (2006)
Garibaldi Lake, Panorama
Ridge
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