If you are in Vancouver and want to see wildlife, there is no better spot than Jericho Beach Park. The Pond at Jericho Beach is a favourite of local birders and a wildlife hotspot. Visit Jericho on any given day, and you might see: beavers, herons, owls, kingfishers, turtles, otters, muskrats, and bald eagles.

For a few years I had my own, real-life, secret forest hermit in Vancouver who would teach me things. I learned an incredible amount from him about the forest. And then I stopped finding him in the forest. The forest seemed to notice his absence. A few months later I found out he had died.

The biggest and oldest living thing in the world is an Aspen called Pando in Utah, which sprouts tree stems from its roots to make up an entire forest. Pacific Spirit has its own Aspen Pando which has been forgotten until now.