Evening Stroll

Yesterday evening we decided to go for an evening walk. Kris had the wonderful idea to go to Deboville Slough in Port Coquitlam. The 21.5 km trail takes you through the Minnekhada Regional Park and finishes at the Pitt River Wildlife Sanctuary. There's a lot of bird spotting opportunities along the way, particularly bald eagles and great blue herons. We obviously didn't walk 21.5 km. We walked until we were able to see Pitt River which was about 5 km (round way). Very easy hike, no elevation gain, but beautiful scenery. Deboville Slough One of the reasons we wanted to go was the number...

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Labour Day Weekend

This weekend was a long weekend so we decided to do something fun. We went up to Whistler with friends. Kris had some time to take pictures so I'm pretty sure he'll post some soon, but today I just want to tell you about something interesting I did. I think that pretty much everyone is familiar with one of the most popular team building activities called "tree top adventures". This obviously wasn't a team building weekend, but I did participate in a tree top adventure . Before I started I was convinced that it really couldn't be that difficult and definitely not scary. Boy, was I wrong!! I'm not too fond...

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