Greetings from Port Alberni, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. I am lucky to live in a beautiful temperate rainforest. We get lots of rain but little snow. This is a great place to live if you love the outdoors, easy access to fishing, camping, kayaking and hunting. I have been rough camping all my life, my brother and I had our first solo weekend camping trip when I was 10 and he 12, a five mile hike to a lake. I have kayaked on the west coast of the Vancouver Island and the Queen Charlotte Islands. I have hiked the West Coast Life Saving Trail three times, although I promised myself on the first trip never to do it again. I am a Ray Mears fan. This looks like an interesting site, lots of information.