by Coast Mountain Expeditions | Dec 14, 2017 | News & Updates
“You want to build a log dump right next to our campsite?” I asked incredulously, “Can’t you move it somewhere else!?” “Nope” replied the forester, standing tall in his Interfor issue orange raingear and spiked caulk boot. “That’s where it’s going, non-negotiable”....
by Coast Mountain Expeditions | Aug 31, 2017 | News & Updates
Pshhh Pshhhh! Pshhhhhh! Whales! I woke with a start and peered through the lodge window just in time to see the massive back of a Humpback rise slowly from the water. Rushing downstairs I found several people on the deck, coffee in hand – and eyes glued to the sea....
by Coast Mountain Expeditions | Jun 13, 2017 | Multi Day Kayak Trips
We recently read that the Oxford English Dictionary adds approximately 1000 new words to our language each year. Given the challenge of twisting letters into ever new combinations, it’s no surprise that “portmanteaus” (the joining of two existing words) have figured...
by Coast Mountain Expeditions | Mar 12, 2017 | General News
It may have been television, video games, and the advent of internet. It could have been overprotective parents fueled by media-induced child abduction panic. Perhaps it was that bulldozer paving the last green space to make way for a strip mall. Likely, it was all of...
by Coast Mountain Expeditions | Jan 31, 2017 | General News
It might seem at first glance that kayak trips are all about paddling to beautiful places – and they are. Kayaks have carried me to some of the most mind-blowing spectacular vistas I’ve ever seen. Towering peaks, sheers rock faces, wildlife shows…I once paddled into a...