Day 36 Sentinel Hill and Canyon Heights, BC

On day 36 of the walk (Oct. 1, 2017) I added 9.1 km, bringing the total distance over the 36 days of the walk to 232.1 km.  Now feeling that I am getting back to my regular routine of a good distance walking each day, mainly in the beautiful James Bay area. On the virtual tour walk, today's distance takes me from near West Bay, BC through Sentinel Hill almost to Canyon Heights.

Day 35 West Bay, BC

On day 35 of the walk (Sept. 30, 2017) I added 7.8 km, bringing the total distance over the 35 days of the walk to 223.0 km.  This takes me from the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal to the community of West Bay, BC.

Days 33-34 Nanaimo Ferry Terminal

Over days 33 and 34 (Sept. 28-29, 2017) I added 11.6 km, bringing the total distance over the 34 days of the walk to 215.2 km.  This brings me to the BC Ferries terminal in the city of Nanaimo, so now I am virtually on the ferry to on mainland British Columbia. The rate of progress has been slower the last few weeks, but now I am back to a higher daily rate again, and hope to achieve #SeeYouIn22.

Days 29-30 Nanaimo

So my walk has now passed the first month! Over Sept 24 through Sept 27 (days 29 through 32 of the walk) I added 25.3 km, which brings the total distance over the 32 days of the walk to 203.6 km.  This brings me to the outskirts of the city of Nanaimo. Will be at the ferry terminal in Nanaimo soon!

Days 28

Today (Sept. 23, 2017 which is day 28 of the virtual walk) I added another 9.6 km of walking around James Bay, bringing the total distance travelled in 28 days to 178.3 km.  I discovered that there is, apparently, a short break in The Great Trail just south of Nanaimo requiring a long diversion 😕, that I am now on.

Days 26-27 Oyster Bay, BC

On Sept. 21 and 22 combined, days 26 and 27 of walk, I added 11.5 km which brings the total distance for the 27 days to 168.7 km.  This brings me past the community of Oyster Bay, BC.

Day 25 Ladysmith, BC

On Sept 20, 2017, which is day 25 of the walk, I added 5.4 km which brings me to a total distance of 157.2 km over the 21 days. This brings me to the beautiful town of Ladysmith, BC.  Maybe I will drop in to the wonderful bakery and have a treat! 😃

Days 22-24 Chemainus, BC

On days 22 through 24 of the walk (Sept. 17-19 inclusive) I added a modest 13.4 km (Sept 17 1.9 km, Sept 18 3.8 km and Sept 10 7.7 km).  This brings the total distance walked over 24 days to 151.8 km, which virtually brings me to the interesting community of Chemainus, BC.

Days 18-21

On Sept. 13 through 16 (days 18-21 inclusive) I added 17.1 km (Sept. 18 6.2 km, Sept 12 5.1 km, Sept. 15 4.8 km and Sept. 16 1.0 km) while walking in the area of Jordan River, bringing the total distance to 138.4 km over the 21 days.  On my virtual The Great Trail trek this took me through Hayward, Somenos, and past Westholme BC

Day 17 Hillcrest, BC

On Sept 12 we did the Botanical Bay and Botanical Beach loop trail just past Port Renfrew - a very beautiful walk, even on the foggy day!  This added 2.8 km for my virtual trip across Canada, and another 1.5 km added in other walking that day.

Therefore, after Day 17 my total distance walked was  121.3 km, which took me past Hillcrest, BC on my way toward Hayward.

Days 11 through 16 Lake Cowichan, Paldi

During these days we were at the CRD camping area at Jordan River.  This is a pretty beautiful place right on the ocean, and we had a great time.  It was not suited to long distance walking though, and my usual daily hikes to the other end of Jordan River village,  or beach walks in one direction or the other.  Here are the details:
Sept. 6 1.0 km
Sept 7 3.4 km
Sept 8 5.4 km
Sept 9 2.9 km
Sept 10 7.1 km
Sept.11 6.3 km
Total 26.1 km

Therefore, after 16 days (Sept. 6-11, 2017), 117.0 km total distance, which takes us from Cowichan River Provincial Park past Lake Cowichan and past Haldi.

Days 9, 10 Deerholme, BC

Sorry followers, due to a variety of factors my walking has slowed a bit, and even the walking I did was not updated here.  I will try to get caught up, and then get back to daily updates. 

This post covers Sept. 4 and 5 (days 9 and 10) during which my walking in James Bay, Victoria added 16.8 km (over the two days 11.1 km on Sept 4 and 8.6 km on Sept 5) to bring the total to 90.9 km.  This brings my virtual position on The Great Trail to just past Deerholme almost to Cowichan Provincial Park.

More updates soon! 

After 10 days (Sept. 5, 2017), 90.9 km total distance, just past Irving Creek on Malahat Mountain.