Life Trove

Can’t believe the amazing job you’ve done on collating all the family history on your blog! Thank you so much. I’ve spent a lovely snowy mor...

From Kyle Hello my long lost Aunt! Thank you so much for the kind words that my mom read to us in her speech a...

2014 Once again it’s time to send our friends and family Christmas Greetings and best wishes for a happy holiday season and a safe and he...

Congratulations, guys!

Hi Trish Thanks for your newsletter.  It's so wonderful and inspiring to see how active you guys are and all the adventures and explor...

Now Graeme’s another year older But we’re stuck over here where it’s colder As we’re so far away Just a poem must say What we’d much rat...

Trish turned 60 recently and it looks like the family had a great party to celebrate. .

Some great pictures of Trish, Mike and Keira snow-shoing. The snow looks absolutely gorgeous. The Vanderbecks now have a new online photo a...

. Blog Posts for Canada  All posts relating to our trip in Canada   Highlights Our trip to the Canadian Rockies - fulfilling a life ...

Another major highlight of our Canada trip. We drove up into the mountain forests and climbed wooden staircases into the canopy of a 90 foot...

We spent our last couple of days in Whistler, a 6 hour drive from Vernon. We drove up with Trish and Mike and Keira travelled up by bus from...

Mike led us on this gruelling but absolutely spectacular hike through thick pine forests to a wind swept, barren alpine path that climbed ov...

In the top photo, doing what Canadians do best - enjoying a delicious cup of coffee (at Whistler). No-one makes coffee better than the Ca...

Known as the "Jewell of the rockies", this enormous lake provides stunning views of the Victoria Glacier nestled behind it. We als...

Went to watch Kyle play in a basketball final. Our first live game and it was an absolute cracker. Neck and neck right till the end when a...

Stanley Park is a beautiful park just a stone's throw away from Keira's flat in downtown Vancouver. Its got it all: beautiful beache...

Granville Island is the "Covent Garden" of Vancouver with lots of markets and street shows. Had the best cappuccino of my life her...

We hiked up to the top of Grouse Mountain for beautiful views over Vancouver. The name of the hike "The Grouse Grind" should have ...