Sunday, Feb 21 - Mystic - Change of meeting place

Apparently the Serious Coffee at Westshore has closed (thanks to Quentin for the heads-up).

To keep things simple, let's meet at the View Royal Serious Coffee (near the Casino).

Their address is 1701b Old Island Highway.  Click here for the map.

Please send me a note if you plan to hike on Sunday. We don't want to leave without you.

Sunday, Feb 21 - Mystic and Sandcut

Sunday morning: Let's meet at Serious/Westshore - the early birds around 8.

We should head out around 8:30 - it's a long drive.
Please send me a note if you plan to come so that we don't miss anybody.

Make sure you bring rain gear and a good lunch.

On the way back we can check out the waterfall at Sandcut. It should be in fine form.

A little different; an ask and an idea

First of all, I'm hoping people can sign this AVAAZ petition I've started.

My petition on foreign aid.

In a nutshell, it's asking the feds to finally start working towards fulfilling a 50-year old promise to the world to dedicate 0.7% of GDP to foreign aid. Currently we are at 0.24% which is almost the worst in the developed world. Even little Ireland spends more, and most G7 countries have reached or are close to that target. Canada has long abdicated responsibility to the world, and this is just one critical way we need to re-engage. The specific details and lots more info are in the petition.  


 I'd also like to suggest something different this spring: lets do Mt. Galiano in May. We can all carpool and take the ferry over, hike the mountain and then spend the rest of the trip on the beach at Montegue harbour having lunch etc. The climb isn't that long, about an hour to the top, but the first half is a bit of a killer, than it gets a lot easier. The views are wonderfully stunning at the top, as well as warm and sunny.

If the weather isn't good we can postpone till June; you really want sunshine to enjoy the beauty of the top. We can decide on a second choice before then.

Nathaniel