by Coast Mountain Expeditions | Apr 8, 2025 | General News
A galette is a rustic shaped pastry with many possible fillings. I made two kinds because we are still enjoying the garden’s last bed of winter leeks and also the wild early green of Stinging Nettles. We love using local ingredients, and you can copy our recipes or...
by Coast Mountain Expeditions | Apr 5, 2025 | General News
One Day in Toba Inlet Words by Albert Keller Beep, beep -, beep, beep – beep, beep…the tinny sound of my watch alarm jolts me awake in the pre-dawn darkness. I shut it off quickly. I may as well let everyone else sleep an extra hour. I slipped out of my...
by Coast Mountain Expeditions | Dec 23, 2024 | General News
December 2024 Greetings, dear friends and family! How quickly the year has come around again, to an end and a beginning. Life is a flash of memories and we’re grateful for this year past, and all our forty-five years of good challenges that are life in these outer...
by Coast Mountain Expeditions | Dec 23, 2024 | General News
Hazelnut Macaroons A Christmastime favourite that’s delicious any time of year. For variety, place a whole nut on the cookie before baking – or fill the thumbprint with different kinds of jam. For about 40 cookies: 3 cups (300g) whole hazelnuts 3 egg whites ¼ tsp salt...
by Coast Mountain Expeditions | Apr 29, 2024 | General News
Those of you who have been around Coast Mountain for more than a couple years will remember our original “Sea Kayak Lodge Getaway”. Based from our Read Island lodge, the Getaway offered a lovely combination of lodge accommodation and day paddling. A highlight of the...
by Coast Mountain Expeditions | Dec 21, 2023 | General News
Dear Friends, Time moves us forward and it’s been another busy year at our Read Island homestead! We are at the 43-year mark, best part of a lifetime, though not long in the grand scheme of things. We notice changes in the forest and Nature’s regenerative powers – but...
