The “Hike Club” for men
Well we have had a few weeks off but we managed to get out this past weekend and do a hike into the Sooke hills. There was only 2 of us on this hike and it was a short hike only 8k. We did a simple hike up to the campgrounds and just hung out […]
Another trip to the Sooke Potholes for the "HikeClub"
Well it was a great day on Saturday for a trip to the Sooke Potholes for a hike with the “HikeClub” we headed out to do a short hike today. We only did half our usual since it was such a nice day we also decided to go ahead and do some geocacheing. We started out […]
First Hike of 2010 and "Hike Club" is off to a great start for the new year.
What a great day for a hike it was today, started off a bit warmer that the last couple of hikes had been. There was no ice today but it did get a bit colder as we got up-towards Leechtown. We actually had along an extra body today another friend decided to join us for […]
Leechtown and beyond, Last hike of 2009
Well now that all the past blog updates are done for our journey to being able to carry everything we need for lightweight camping it’s time to sum up our hikes. We finished up the year with one final hike today, it was a great hike although the coldest yet it seemed. We made some […]
Leechtown or bust, cold but successful
Well we finally made it to Leechtown on this hike and have the GPS map to prove it http://runkeeper.com/pub/act/pbhUqqdNkBKSAG2D3jIO/map this was a great hike. Very cold temp was hovering around 0deg the whole hike I do believe. I have added a couple kilos to my pack bringing it up to about 7 or 8 kilos […]
Last week of November a Very Wet Hiking Day
Being the last week of November and having pushed our luck to date I guess it was about time to have one very wet hike. It rained the whole time we where hiking and to top it off the GPS on my phone decided not to work too well for some reason the program not […]
November Along the Sooke River & Galloping Goose
We had only managed one hike in the month of October but we are determined that we will get in a hike every two weeks from this point forward. It is now the first week of November in the Sooke hills and the weather is turning colder and getting damper as it does on the […]
Hiked the Sooke pot holes
Went hiking Sooke pot holes saw this buck. Lots of meat there
Skipped the potholes for French Beach this Week
Well this one is not about the Sooke potholes but instead we decided to head out to French Beach, which is located about 25min past Sooke on the West Coast rd. French beach is quite a beautiful BC Provincial park and should not be missed if you have a chance to check it out. There […]
Hiking in the Sooke hills and Sooke Potholes
Well it has been several months now of hiking in the Sooke hills and it’s time I finally got some blog posts out about it. We started hiking my buddy and I about may of 2009 with the initial idea of doing some lightweight camping in 2010. This post is back dated as several others […]