31 Results for author: David
Well! What a week-end!
Dave W had organized a trip for both Sunday and Monday on the Fraser River. From Agassiz to Deroche and from Yale to Hope. The water levels were fine (4.9 m deep and 2,740 m3/s) at Hope. The weather was predicted as rain ...
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by Leigh B -
It was the Orange Boats’ Turn.
Some trips - only red boats dump, others - blue boats dump.
Often though – it’s a rainbow of boats dumping.
But this trip, it was the orange boats’ turn.
Due to the wildfires in the western ...
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Ten of us on the trip: Ben, Sophia, Rebecca, Riley, Dave, Karim, Mike, Carey, Ian and Jaylene
On the hottest weekend of the summer we set out at 10 AM from the dam between The Sumas’ terminus and the Vedder. We met up at Huge park on Cole road. Carey ...
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We had five boats: Mike & Pam, Anya & Leigh, Shahram & Kathy, Christine & Serrat, & Dave. April could not come as she was doing her laundry.
The original plan was to meet at the Belcarra Picnic Area Parking Lot. But evidently, ...
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Sunday June 7, 2020 was a perfect day for a club paddle on the Fraser River. It was bright, sunny and windy! We met at the Ladner Wharf and got our canoes off cars and our gear assembled. Dave W did the pre-paddle safety meeting and we all introd...
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June 14th was damp. Two solo and two tandem boats met to paddle the North Alouette river. This river is not often paddled as it seldom has enough water to make it navigable. We were lucky(?), however, as this day it was just right.
We met at ...
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Congratulations New Paddlers for earning your Tandem Lakewater certificates. Many have gone on to try out moving water. Did I mention we fall in sometimes? Congratulations for that as well.
Thanks for Carey and all the instructors who helped, ...
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In late October, we paddled the North Alouette River from 232nd Street to Neaves Road, Maple Ridge. This was one of Mike’s impromptu trips. They happen a lot, but only when he’s not tired, and only if you’re on his email list. The ...
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Upper Alouette
February 2016
By Dave WesteII
Length paddled: 7 km
Grade: II-III
Time: 3.5 hours
Level: 16 cms
Participants: Phil, Denise, Leigh, Bryan, Dave
I’m sworn to secrecy about who fell in. But let’s just say that ...
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Serpentine River to the Nicomeckle River Dec 19, 2015 By Dave WesteIISouth Surrey Solstice This was Mike’s answer to the Christmas Lights paddle at Hollyburn, or the Solstice paddle at False Creek. We were the Valley dwellers who weren’t about to ...
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