For our second Northwest Bay PROBUS Club hike we had six members on another beautiful sunny day (Friday 22 August). We car-pooled 30 minutes to the trailhead at Colliery Dam Park. We followed the directions from Hike #14 in Popular Day Hikes 4 -Vancouver Island. The first part of the trail is over the Colliery…
For our first Northwest Bay PROBUS Club hike on a beautiful sunny Friday August 8th 2014, we had 14 members (including four ladies). We car-pooled to the trailhead about 35 minutes just below Cassidy Airport. The Haslam Trail has blue markers and is part of the Trans Canada Trail. We started out shortly after 9:15.…
Haslam Trail to Timberland Lake is an easy hike, about 3-4 km to a warm water lake that is good swimming and lunch and back on the same route. Meet at Nanoose Place parking lot at 8:30 to arrange car pools. The drive is about 1/2 hour to the Cassidy Airport area. Be sure to wear good hiking boots, hat, sunscreen,…
The theme for the July “For Peat’s Sake” meeting was Canadian Whiskies. Our national whisky industry has matured and grown in recent years with a high percentage of production shipped to the US in tanker cars and rebottled in the US. A new book “Canadian Whiskey… the portable expert” by Davin de Kergommeaux was published in 2012. At the Victoria…
The Northwest Bay PROBUS Whisky Club completed its first year of tastings in June at the home of Robert Grose. The club welcomed new member Norm Kilarski, our 9th member. We have room for one more. After sampling two drams of lighter Whiskies for the summer we did a draw for the heels from the…
The Grand Crew and Cellar Dwellers wine clubs joined forces on March 26th to hold a dinner with the appropriate pairing of sparkling, white and red wines. Helena Pedersen, Manager of the BC Government Liquor Store in Parksville, selected and provided information on all of the wines served. Host couples, Bob and Heather Popple…