"The Best Things In Life Aren't Things"

On Saturday, rather than enjoying a typical lazy Saturday morning, Cora and I went on another hike to....Mt. Doug! This hike is closer to town and rather quick to climb (approx. 1 hr in total) but don't think we didn't break a sweat.  We took a path that had us following the power lines up the mountain at a pretty steep incline.  We're pretty hard core that way..lol...okay, it wasn't that bad and the views at the top made it all worth while.

  

View of downtown Victoria:

You know, I've lived here all my life and have climbed this Mt. a dozen times and still can't get enough.  It's true what they say, the best things in life aren't things. Thanks Cora for another great hike :)

SUN, SUN, SUN!!

I'm so happy the sun is out and summer finally feels like it's here!!  Bring on the vitamin D! Because I had the past few days off and because the greatest teacher in the world, Cora O has the summers off, we decided to take advantage of this great weather and go hiking!  Yesterday we tackled some trails at Gowlland Tod Provincial Park.  I had hiked this last year with some great friends but hadn't been back since. 

This was our gorgeous view:

Today, we decided to hike the ever so popular, Mt. Work.  For some reason, the entrance is always difficult to find and I always drive past it and have to do a U-turn back to it.  One of these days we'll get it right! We didn't have a camera with us to take a pic at the summit this time but to prove we did it, I took a pic of the park sign afterwards (better than nothing?):

And on our way out saw this lil' guy:

Because we live in such an amazing place with lots of places to explore, we decided that each time we go out for a hike we would try a different mountain/trail.  I'm excited for our next adventure!