(Contributed by: Cam Berry)

CRUISING THE WILD BC COAST

A couple of years ago in late May my wife and I drove up Island to Menzies Bay, 15km north of Campbell River to the Marine Link Tours marine base. Along with 10 other guests we soon boarded the MV Aurora Explorer, our coastal freighter for the next six days., and headed north through Seymour narrows and then east along the north coast of Quadra island. The ship serves a multitude of remote forestry operations, fishery facilities and private facilities and resorts throughout the Discovery Islands, the Broughton Island Archipelago Area, and Desolation Sound.

The MV Aurora Explorer, a 135 foot landing craft that transports a wide variety of heavy equipment and general freight throughout remote inlets of Johnston and Queen Charlotte Straits. We travelled 80 km up the rugged Butte Inlet with its spectacular coastal scenery with waterfalls cascading down cliffs directly into the sea. We observed several Orca pods. countless Pacific Dolphins. and other sea life. The history and influence of the early explorers, settlers, cannery workers and native populations is evident on Cortes Island and one gets a glimpse of the rich and famous lifestyles at several stops on Stuart Island.

How to iPhone

by Gerry Delval

Hopefully by now, you have reaped the rewards of synchronizing your iPhone(s) to your email account(s) and cleaned up your contacts as covered in previous articles.  In this final article on getting the most out of your iPhone, we will focus on video conferencing apps, on photos and documents apps and on banking apps. 

How to iPhone

by Gerry Delval

In the previous segment, we looked at how to synchronize your iPhone(s) to your email account(s) in order to be able to make the most of your iPhone(s).  This synchronization ensures that you can benefit from all of your devices without doing any extra work.  In fact, you will find that your iPhone(s) is(are) a much more useful device than just being a portable phone.

In this segment, we’ll look at applying best practices to your emails, contacts, calendar(s) and notes.  You may have to perform some cleanup activities, which will be described below, but I assure you that once this is done, you will reap the benefits.

Cycling and Sipping wine in the South Okanagan

We recently spent a couple of days in the south Okanagan enjoying the warm desert environment. Our accommodation was The Spirit Ridge Resort at the Nk’Mip winery in Osoyoos.( https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/hotel/canada/spirit-ridge/ylwub ) This resort features adobe style structures which contain condos, suites and villas. All have full kitchen facilities so you can dine in if you wish although there a many excellent restaurants in the area including some outstanding winery restaurants at Tin Horn Creek, Burrowing Owl and Hester Creek for example. We also like to stop while cycling for lunch at either of the Black Hills or Black Sage wineries which are just open for lunch. There is a wide choice of accommodation in the Osoyoos area for example on tripadvisor.ca. Osoyoos was very busy in the first week of September with resorts and restaurants virtually solidly booked. Now that schools are open and the weather is cooler accommodation options should be better however the fall harvest is always popular with tourists.