Stories for AOL Travel now online

In January I started writing for AOL Canada's travel portal, travel.aol.ca. Officially I'm their Vancouver Island blogger, reporting on places to go, things to do and what's new from my Island in the Pacific. I'll also throw in the odd story from other parts of British Columbia and Canada to spice things up.

So far I've written about the growing fruit wine scene in the Comox Valley, a couple winter festivals at Mount Washington and Victoria's Winter Farmers' Market. You can read them all and more here. I post weekly and am loving the chance to check all the things on Vancouver Island that I've been meaning to write about but haven't had the chance.

Two features in Explore's winter issue

I wrote a big chunk of explore Magazine's winter issue and you can see excerpts from both articles on the website. One is called Do it like an Olympian. The concept came from an article I wrote for explore last summer that was a collection of tips and tricks from pro athletes in a bunch of sports. The Olympian version was devoted to Olympic sports and focused mainly on technique tips, ways of improving performance at the ski hill, half pipe and cross country area. The other article was a round up of 50 things for winter. I included everything from destinations, activities to try and gear that will make this winter better. Check it all out on explore's website under articles.