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Hills Health Ranch – by Irene Butler Photos by Rick Published in TravelLady E-Zine The Hills Health Ranch that is, where a path to wellness awaits all who enter this refuge. Nestled within 20,000 acres of British Columbia’s Cariboo Region, large doses of Mother Nature’s therapy are drawn from the rolling rangelands, lakes and forests.…
Thompson Manitoba By Irene Butler – Published in TravelLady on line magazine – A distant lone howl pierced the night sky. It set off a chorus of howling that wolves engage in to solidify the pack’s social structure and to signal their presence to neighbouring packs. A platter-sized moon cast a silver glow on the…
As if in a time-warp we walked the downtown streets lined with historic buildings in Fort MacLeod. Some date back to the late 1800’s; many are sandstone structures of the 1920 era. Locals greeted us, a few stopping to chat; traffic moved at a snail’s pace. My husband, Rick, and I were swept back into…
West Coast Trail – by Irene Butler Published in “Surrey Now” and “Coquitlam Now” newspapers July 2006 Knowing we would be at the whim of nature’s moods for eight days, my husband, Rick and I, plus four of our adult offspring set out to test our endurance trekking one of the most difficult trails in…
“What you do on your birthday you will end up doing all year long,” My grandma’s old wives tale from my childhood infiltrates my psyche. What insanity has brought my husband, Rick and me barreling down the highway towards a campsite on Hornby Island, when being cramped in a vehicle and camping have both always…
