Lillooet has a surprising amount of fun trails and pretty areas to explore… but did you know it also has a winery!? Friends told me that the best food in Lillooet is at the Fort Berens Estate Winery. But when I called to make a reservation we were sad to hear their restaurant is not open once the weather gets chilly. However, you can still drop by and taste their wine. Just before this we’d hiked up to the Seton…
Seton Lake Lookout is a bite-sized adventure just outside of Lillooet in BC, Canada. This mini hike will allow you to wander up to a fabulous viewpoint above the bright blue waters of Seton Lake. This hike is popular with instagram-folks because there is a hair-pin bend in the road right below the cliffs, that looks a bit like the Lulu Lemon logo. Even if you’re not interested in taking a photo from the “Lulu viewpoint”, this is a gorgeous…
Alouette Mountain is one of those mountains that I have been meaning to explore for a while. I knew most of the 20km trail is within forest, so I thought of it as a Shinrin yoku or forest bathing hike. However that description did not quite prepare me for how fabulous and expansive the views are once you reach the peak! Alouette Mountain is a challenging hike with 1360m+ elevation gain. But it never gets super steep, so it is…
Have you ever considered taking a tour in a helicopter? I have always wanted to, but I always assumed it was way out of my price range. Well, last year some friends invited Marc and me to join them on their helicopter tour. You can probably guess how much I squealed with delight when they asked us… They’d actually booked Valhalla Helicopter tour earlier in the summer; But on the date of their tour, the helicopter had been needed to…