Summer Adventures #2

This past weekend Shane, Steph and I went for a grand adventure.  We packed our bags with sleeping bags and tents.  We carved walking sticks, and laced up our boots.  We drove into Hope and then 40kms into the Skagit Valley until we finally reached our trail.  The hike was magnificent, the forest inspiring.  It was the most beautiful hike/walk/sight I'd ever seen.  It took 11.5kms and 3.5 hours of bushwhacking, balancing, shimmying, gawking and general traipsing through incredible (and incredibly diverse) forest before we reached our campsite at Delacy Wilderness Camp.  We were lucky enough to see the wild rhododendrons in bloom, and wildflowers galore throughout our hike.  We spotted snakes and harlequin ducks and two very rowdy dogs.  We heard no cars/trucks/airplanes/trains/boats for 24 glorious hours.  Some of the best hours of my life.  

An Epic Begining

We have had the most ultimate start to June.  If these past ten days have been any indication to how our summer is going to go, it might just be the best ever.  

Best of May

Oh what a wonderful weekend

May Date Day

Oh, we had the best day.  

It was our May date, kayaking for the two of us.

We picked what might have been the only Tuesday of the entire year we were both home to take advantage of Tuesday's two for one deal.  

It was a cold and very wet morning, dark as can be when we set out on our first adventure kayaking.

The ocean water was salty and and calm in the inlet at Rocky Point.  

We paddled to the seals who floundered about on a pad of logs and swam in and out of the water.  

A little puppy face popped up right near Shane's boat and tagged a long as we rowed away.

We glided through the rain a few kilometers past factories of sulphur and shuffling trains.

We used our two hours to enjoy our perspective from down on the water.

When we got back to shore my hands were very cold.

May 17

This weekend was:
a full day and night of sleep
laser tag!
homemade Pad Thai, so good
a lemon macaroon pie
bowls full of ice cream (with chocolate shell of course)
moose tacos
short walks between the rains
lots of visits with family
very stressful exam week for Shane
a rip in my favourite jeans!

Whoa!

This week:

Marathon Recap

I ran in,

trained for

and completed 

a marathon.

And damn, now I'm proud.