I went for a flight with my friend Dylan again. This time departing during the day, and headed for the Pemberton area, and then orbiting Downtown Vancouver before returning to Boundary Bay. We passed some of the local mountains we had hiked and camped at (ie: Cheakamus Lake, my last blog post) and the Stawamus Chief. I highly recommending pestering any pilots you know to take you flying at least once. Orbiting downtown, turning at what felt like 45 degrees was a unique experience to say the least.
Camping at Cheakamus Lake - July 2016
My friends and I have been excited to do an overnight trip for a while now. We started hiking at the start of the year and slowly we have been amassing the necessary gear and experience to journey in hopes of surviving a night outdoors.
Our destination was Cheakamus Lake, a small distance away from Whistler Village, and the more famous Garibaldi Lake. The goal of this trip was to field test our equipment. I had just purchased a 50L pack from MEC, as well as a new sleeping pad (both worked out great so far!) My friend had inherited a bunch of gear from his father, including our camp stove which unfortunately only ended up cooking about half of the food we intended.
Overall, the trip wasn't half bad. The lake was glorious, and I had a pretty decent view of the stars at night. We definitely achieved our goal in learning which gear we needed to replace - camp stove, we're looking at you - and gained more insight into how we can improve future trips.
Night Flight Series - April 2016
I had the opportunity to join my friend Dylan on one of his practice flights at the Pacific Flying Club in Delta, BC. We hopped in the Cessna-172 and headed out to do a loop around Campbell River, Comox, Victoria, and back to Boundary Bay.
It was awesome to see the city lights from the sky. In a couple of the shots, the major streets are quite easy to tell apart.
