Kay Knox

Small goof leads to embarrassing “rescue”

Two avid hikers and a dog I know, all to be nameless, set out to hike from Triple Decker Falls

Crew members work to direct the heat from giant propane burners to fill a large hot air balloon in preparation for a ride over the countryside near Kelowna recently.

Trekking Tales: A ride in the wizard of Oz’s balloon

"For our next major birthdays, let's do something we've never done before." Going aloft in a hot air balloon was IT.

Crew members work to direct the heat from giant propane burners to fill a large hot air balloon in preparation for a ride over the countryside near Kelowna recently.

Trekking Tales: International Selkirk Loop: Part 1

This year's plan was for a cross-border car-camping trip through Alberta's Waterton Lakes and Montana's Glacier National Park

Trekking Tales: The Big Apple – part two

"Where am I?" I asked a pleasant- looking woman. "You're in Time Square," she grinned

Trekking Tales: Luck and good sense

A very young deer had stopped at the edge of the road just ahead of me. It retreated and rejoined an equally young sibling and their mother

Trekking Tales: Surprise reunion

All of us have experienced the wonder of coincidence because we were in the right place at the right time

Trekking Tales: Animal stories

I was surprised when a butterfly turned into a grasshopper

Trekking Tales: Trains are entertaining

A trip on the Kettle Valley Railway generated a trip down memory lane

Senior members of the Brown family pose for a photograph. Pictured are (l-r) Jeff, Paul, Jim, Tom and Dick Brown. Members of the Seattle family have been coming to Moose Camp every year for 50 years.

Seattle area family marks 50 years of Moose Camp visits

An unusual, but quite remarkable 50th anniversary was celebrated at Moose Camp Fishing Resort at Rioux Lake on Friday, June 22

Senior members of the Brown family pose for a photograph. Pictured are (l-r) Jeff, Paul, Jim, Tom and Dick Brown. Members of the Seattle family have been coming to Moose Camp every year for 50 years.

Trekking Tales: Into the West Kootenays – part 1

On our April trip to the Kootenays, we encountered an abundance of beautiful sights

Trekking Tales: The joys of getting lost

Jake, the tall poodle, is happy to be part of any expedition, though not a useful guide!

Clearwater Rotary Club member Richard Christenson checks out a wooden cut-out on Dutch Lake. The person who best guesses when the ice goes out and the cut-out falls into the water will win a contest being sponsored by Rotary.

Clearwater Rotary times melting ice

When will the ice go out from Dutch Lake in Clearwater?

Clearwater Rotary Club member Richard Christenson checks out a wooden cut-out on Dutch Lake. The person who best guesses when the ice goes out and the cut-out falls into the water will win a contest being sponsored by Rotary.

Trekking Tales: Testing out train travel

“I hate flying!” the cruise-line representative stated categorically. “Why don’t you take the train?”

Trekking Tales: Testing out train travel

“I hate flying!” the cruise-line representative stated categorically. “Why don’t you take the train?”

Trekking Tales: Fabulous trips

Reaching the junction of Highway 1 and the Coquihalla, the driver had to decide which route to take

Trekking Tales: Travellers connect unlikely dots

We left Clearwater just as spring began. A couple of days later we arrived, groggy and jet-lagged, in Melbourne, Australia

Trekking Tales: Different seasons, changing scenes

We turned off onto a little-used, dead-end trail along the high bank on the southwest side of the Clearwater River

Trekking Tales: Recovering walking – one step at a time

Immediately following hip surgery at UBC Hospital, the nurses, physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and more were urging me to move

Trekking Tales: Fish stories and waterways (part 2)

My family in Brisbane was not into fishing, although I had a boyfriend who was, and he enjoyed teaching me to cast

Trekking Tales: Fish stories (Part 1)

"You can walk across the Fraser River on the backs of the salmon when they come up to spawn," he stated