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Raingear for Gabriola

Hike in the Gabriola woods every day, year round, and you’ll soon learn what raingear works and what doesn’t. By now I’ve got fine rain-trousers and rainjackets (thanks, Mountain Equipment Co-op!), and some splendid swamp-proof boots (yay, Bogs!), too. But anyway. Raingear is all fine and good, but what about when the puddle in the [...]

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The forest in a raindrop

There are rewards for those who traipse about in the Gabriola forest on rainy days. This is one of them.

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