Adventure to the Mountains

Adventure in the backcountry is what I should title this post.  Let me explain:  Innocent. Hard. Insane. Disappointing.  With a lot of falling in between.  

1130 - Has no idea what is ahead. 
The trail to Flora Lake starts out inconspicuously.  The first 300 meters show you nothing of the following seven kilometers.  Then the incline starts, 1800 meters in four kilometer.  Insane.  We sweated and cursed and persevered.  We had our huge packs on, we were planning to spend the night at Flora.  They were equipped with tents, sleeping bags, lighters, bug spray, rope, bear spray, food and three small water bottles.  

cabin time

Shane and I were lucky enough to be invited up to a friend's cabin this past weekend.  We got the time off work and sped up there late saturday afternoon.  The following three days were filled with sun, beer and swimming.  Pretty prefect I'd say.  There was also coffee, reading, great meals and surprising game of life, mouse catching, party-boating, ant killing, smores and a lot more beer, thunderstorm watching, gin and tonic drinking, ancient indian cave painting viewing, and lots of sunscreen wearing.  Plus one fancy trip to a winery.

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we're stretching waaaay back here. 8 days!

June Date Night

We went on our June date finally!  You might point out it was July, you would be right.  Our directions were: Step 1: Go to a garage sale. Step 2: Eat lunch.  But we've had no time and the weather has been awful so we decided we'd have brunch instead.  For no reason at all we got dressed up Sunday morning and had brunch at the local hotel.  Unfortunately the food wasn't amazing, as you'd hope it would be, but it was sufficent nonetheless.  Steak and eggs for me, nutella stuffed french toast for him.  Love!

Camping Part Two

We went on an adventure.  A quick two night camping trip to Orcas Island in the Saun Jaun's.  This is part two.



The night was cool, the frogs loud.  I woke four more times than usual and fell asleep to the sound of tarp rustling, as it had all night long.  The campsite looked the same when I emerged from the tent the next morning, bundled four layers thick.  The room-temperature butter was hard and food was cold as soon as it came off the grill.

Camping Part One

We went on an adventure.  A quick two night camping trip to Orcas Island in the Saun Jaun's.

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We're on our way in a tall white boat, sitting at a pale beige table decorated with brown Indian patterns.  A sprinkle of lunch crumbs dot our jeans and the dated mixture of brown-yellow banquets, sitting a top their old green bases.  Big picture windows across the isle are temporary homes to a fast moving view, with nary an orca in sight.  Curious eyes watch for whales until they grow tired and lay their heads on the very bench they sit.

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