Wednesday, December 23, 2009

2 Awesome hikes :)

...but the darn camera battery ran out before I had even got the first shot! Actually it was all my fault as I left it plugged into the PC over night *sigh* so, you will have to take my word for it that today was EPIC! Ever, Skipper, and I went around Loggers Lake - I skinned up on my skis, and the dogs trotted along beside me..it was so beautiful I was mad not to have a camera. The snow was awesome, and the sun was shining through the trees in a way that they were icy popsicles with a light sugar coating of snow and they just gleamed...it really was out of this world! The Alders had bowed with the weight of the snow and ice and seemed to be bowing for us as we passed through...except for the areas just before the lake where they were crossing the path, but me being a conscientious landscaper had my pruners, and I snipped away at the twigs that threatened to take our eyes out!

I then collected Julia for a romp around Green Lake...we nosed around the Edgewater Outdoor center, a beautiful spot that is actually closed for some Olympic security..no one around but temporary buildings, so we turned tail and flew round to the Whistler Air dock, where Ju was transfixed by a chap kite-boarding. She gawked at him before doing her custom random dives into the pow, chasing an imaginary something...so funny. And again so beautiful, she was covered in a frosting of snow, and the afternoon sun was making it all sparkle on her and the trail, and with the backdrop of Green Lake and Mt Currie with a dark inky blue sky overhead it was so dramatic!
On the trail we met a chap and his 3 month old pup that he told me was a Cock-a-poo... ha ha ha!! That is a Cocker Spaniel X Poodle....I could not stop giggling to myself (I made an unfunny joke about her being a Cock-a-poodle-do! Ha!) Her name was actually Sophie, and she was cute, like a smaller Cali (see yesterday's pics) Anyway, sorry for no pics today...that sucks as it was beautiful, but battery is on charge, and Julia is joining us for the morning hike tomorrow...can't wait! Night all x 

p.s I just cannot post without a picture...here is one from the Musical Bumps! It represents how dramatic it all looked today. I Love the mountains!