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The Heather Trail Day 1, 3 Aug 2006

3 Aug 200618 Dec 2018 ~ AndyG ~ Leave a comment

The forecast was good, and a leisurely start to the day had us leaving home around 11 am, with coffee at the ready. We took a steady drive east, through the boring flat bits of the Fraser Valley eventually reaching Hope where the road became more interesting. Driving down into Manning Park is wonderful – … Continue reading The Heather Trail Day 1, 3 Aug 2006

The Heather Trail, 3-6 August 2006

3 Aug 200622 Oct 2017 ~ AndyG ~ Leave a comment

Before we even did the Nootka Trail, we needed some more backpacking experience. With this in mind (the Nootka trip was only 3 weeks away) we went to Manning Park for the BC Day long weekend in August to tackle the Heather Trail. I had two personal goals for the trip: to see a marmot, … Continue reading The Heather Trail, 3-6 August 2006

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A celebration of trees for this #ForestFriday
Mother Nature knows what month it is - Happy Pride Month!
Last weekend's tour of the waterfalls of Gold Creek was a delightfully peaceful and atmospheric wander through extreme green forest with the first of the spring flowers beginning to show. Apart from the thundering waterfalls, that is.
A selection of fawn lilies for #FawnLilyFriday - white fawn lilies from Salt Spring Island and pink fawn lilies from UBC.
A long weekend on Salt Spring Island offered up the pinkest of treats with more fairyslipper (calypso) orchids blooming than we've ever seen before. Absolutely stunning!
Looking forward to the summer hiking season and following the lifecycle of my favourite flowers, such as Western anemone, from pushing up through the snow to its fluffy finale.

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