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Vancouver Island’s Fab 4 “Wild Edibles” Escapes

Posted on 19. Feb, 2010 by BCAA.

Washed up, dried out and covered in sand, seaweed looks and smells anything but edible, or nutritious. That’s why Diane Bernard, a.k.a. the Seaweed Lady, leads her Wild Seaweed Tours past “the compost pile” and into the “living ocean garden” of the tidal flats off Whiffin Spit. “We look at, learn about, eat, wear and play with about 12 to 15 different types of seaweed,” says Bernard. “And I give lots of ideas on how to cook and enjoy all of them.”

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Okanagan Daytripper: A Wine Country Cycle

Posted on 19. Feb, 2010 by BCAA.

FOOD & WINE
The Okanagan’s Kettle Valley Railway Trail is where mountain bike forks meet VQA corks
by Chad Hershler

Kurt Flaman isn’t happy. We just started biking and already we’ve run into a pickup truck. B.C.’s Kettle Valley Rail Trail, the old Kettle Valley Railway converted into a hiking and biking route that stretches 455 kilometres from [...]

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4 of the World’s Top 25 Rail Journeys

Posted on 19. Feb, 2010 by BCAA.

I stand, gazing out the window, elbow-deep in dishwater. Through bare trees, a comforting echo rises from the valley. Every time I heat that whistle, and the clatter of wheels on rails, I start to sway to the rhythm of the train song. Ch-chunk ch-chunk, ch-chunk ch-chunk . . .
A few months ago, I travelled with my husband 9,000 km across two continents, three countries and five time zones on the Trans-Siberian Railway.

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Cortes Island Daytripper: Shuck It Up

Posted on 19. Feb, 2010 by Andrew Findlay.

To this Kamloops kid, albeit one who relocated to the coast 10 years ago, oysters, particularly raw ones, seem as foreign as coconuts to the Inuit. So I approach the oyster altar tentatively and, without overcontemplating the slime factor, slurp back a loonie-sized specimen. It’s mild, accompanied by nothing but a tart squeeze of lime that almost brings tears to the eye.

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