TravBuddy.com: hummingbird50's My Secret Trail travel blog Copyright 2005 TravBuddy LLC http://www.travbuddy.com/blogs/29748 This is my secret trail...my favorite place to go to soothe my soul...I love it here...It's my little heaven here on earth...please enjoy. This blog will have more photos as the seasons pass...Let me take you to my part of the world!!! Come for a walk.....Remember my Avalanche Lilies blog. en-us Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:27:02 PST Sounds of silence http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/29748/Sounds-silence-18 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:27:02 PST Sounds of silence Vancouver Island, Canada, Aug 16, 2009

This was my day....I sooo look forward to this day.  I have worked so much and missed being out on the trail...my soul was literally…

]]> Sping has arrived on the mountain top...Yiipppeee!!!!!!!!! http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/29748/Sping-arrived-mountain-top-Yiipppeee-17 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 09:59:23 PST Sping has arrived on the mountain top...Yiipppeee!!!!!!!!! Vancouver Island, Canada, Jun 06, 2009

I know this will be a shock to some of you who read my blogs...but I really wanted to go to the trail this day...and I didn't want to go to the tra…

]]> Snowshoeing for the last time this year...without my shoes:) http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/29748/Snowshoeing-last-time-this-year-16 Wed, 27 May 2009 07:35:00 PST Snowshoeing for the last time this year...without my shoes:) Vancouver Island, Canada, May 27, 2009

Well it  was a wonderful Wednesday ...and I was heading off to the trail...probably for the last time this season for some fun in the snow.&…

]]> Hi ho Hi ho...it's off to be a packhorse I go..........:):) http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/29748/Hi-ho-Hi-ho-off-be-packhorse-15 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:04:06 PST Hi ho Hi ho...it's off to be a packhorse I go..........:):) Vancouver Island, Canada, Apr 19, 2009

Yep what a day it is going to be today.  So first things first...what do I need today?Food and coffee very important...I need to eat once I st…

]]> trying out my new snow shoes..... http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/29748/trying-out-new-snow-shoes-14 Sun, 05 Apr 2009 08:21:54 PST trying out my new snow shoes..... Vancouver Island, Canada, Apr 05, 2009

Yippeee it is a beautiful Sunday morning...and we are going out to the trail.  I just got my new lime green snow shoes...so I thought I better g…

]]> Yiipppeeeeee a day off and right into paradise!!!!!!! http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/29748/Yiipppeeeeee-day-off-right-into-13 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:35:32 PST Yiipppeeeeee a day off and right into paradise!!!!!!! Vancouver Island, Canada, Mar 08, 2009

Oh what a wonderful feeling...oh what a wonderful day.......Boy at last I have a weekend off of work...I couldn't believe it...I was so excited I…

]]> In Search of the Wild Cranberry.......... http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/29748/Search-Wild-Cranberry-12 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:43:46 PST In Search of the Wild Cranberry.......... Vancouver Island, Canada, Oct 12, 2008

So it is wild cranberry season up on the trail and I am leaving on this fine morning in search of them.Oh I love those little wild cranberries, they …

]]> Up one a hill...far...far...away.... http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/29748/Up-one-hill-far-far-away-11 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:33:15 PST Up one a hill...far...far...away.... Vancouver Island, Canada, Sep 27, 2008

Today we were taking some people who had never been up to this fine trail...(newbies).  It is amazing to see new people come to the trail fo…

]]> Dog days afternoon...... http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/29748/Dog-days-afternoon-10 Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:36:19 PST Dog days afternoon...... Vancouver Island, Canada, Sep 13, 2008

This day simply had to be one of the best days I had going up to the trail this year.The days was beautiful, the weather was perfect...it got up to…

]]> Fall chill is in the air http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/29748/Fall-chill-air-9 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:38:14 PST Fall chill is in the air Vancouver Island, Canada, Aug 31, 2008

Well I started my trek out to the trail the same way I do every time I go out there.I get myself all ready the night before..I go through my list.Foo…

]]> Work party, water, wood hauling, first aid kit, prep for winter 101 http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/29748/Work-party-water-wood-hauling-8 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:47:43 PST Work party, water, wood hauling, first aid kit, prep for winter 101 Vancouver Island, Canada, Aug 16, 2008

   My friend got together a work party of about 15 people to clear the last few hundred feet of trail, then onwards to the cabin in the…

]]> How to make a trail, survive bears, cougars, wolves 101 http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/29748/How-make-trail-survive-bears-7 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:33:24 PST How to make a trail, survive bears, cougars, wolves 101 Vancouver Island, Canada, Aug 10, 2008

    Okee dokee here we go.My friend had told me all week that we were going to go a fix a bridge on the trail, some things needed to…

]]> From one lake to another.... http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/29748/one-lake-another-6 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:36:50 PST From one lake to another.... Vancouver Island, Canada, Aug 03, 2008

Wow it is been a while since I have been to this trail..it almost seems like forever.I will not get up there until next weekend.  With work..wor…

]]> If you go out in the woods today...your'e sure of a big surprise.... http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/29748/If-you-out-woods-today-youre-5 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:10:51 PST If you go out in the woods today...your'e sure of a big surprise.... Vancouver Island, Canada, Jul 05, 2008

 Wow what a day.  What a great day.It all started out very great.  Maywell phoned me last night to tell me the Avalanhce lilies were o…

]]> The meltdown begins...... http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/29748/meltdown-begins-4 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:53:13 PST The meltdown begins...... Vancouver Island, Canada, Jun 15, 2008

 Maywell phoned me Saturday evening to tell me him, his wife, and their three Grandchildren were going to go up to the trail on Sunday to …

]]> I found my thrill on Blueberry Hill...... http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/29748/found-thrill-Blueberry-Hill-3 Sun, 04 May 2008 19:53:13 PST I found my thrill on Blueberry Hill...... Vancouver Island, Canada, May 04, 2008

Wow where to begin.  If you are all old enough..or young enough (reruns), and have seen happy days with Ritchie Cunningham (Ron Howard), the…

]]> Just another day in Paradise.... http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/29748/another-day-Paradise-2 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:23:16 PST Just another day in Paradise.... Vancouver Island, Canada, Apr 26, 2008

    April 26, 2008.Wow what a day.  I thought the last time we went out to the trail...it was pretty awesome.  But today w…

]]> Welcome to my corner of paradise http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/29748/Welcome-corner-paradise-1 Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:34:30 PST Welcome to my corner of paradise Vancouver Island, Canada, Apr 13, 2008

April 13th, 2008The start of the day was awesome..I woke up early to a wee bit of cloud..but then as I was leaving to go up to the trail..the s…

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