The last few months have been pretty busy. Kait has had quite an eventful (read stressful) practicum and school semester and work has been keeping me pretty busy too. All that being said though, things are starting to turn around. School is coming to an end for Kait now and life has been more relaxed, especially since her practicum ended. The weather is warming up and you can tell Summer is getting close. The sun seems to have been out just as much as the rain has lately, which is rather unusual around here. Even cooler, just last Friday Kait and I got to see Chris Hadfield when he came to the Centennial Theatre for his talk "The Sky is Not the Limit." I even had the awesome opportunity to meet him beforehand in a separate Meet and Greet event, all thanks to Kait for buying the tickets as a gift (Thank you again, Kait!). He's a lot taller than I thought he would be. It was the highlight of the week and Kait and I both enjoyed his speech a lot. The mayors of the City and the District of North Vancouver even made April 4th Chris Hadfield Day in North Vancouver.
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| Mark your calendars. |
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| Another shot of the creek. |
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| Looking west. |
With a little more time on my hands on Sunday afternoon, I decided to go for a nice, long 10K run with a work friend of mine who also happens to be a triathlete. It was tiring, particularly when I tried to keep up to his race pace, but it was a lot of fun. I thought I would be sore on Monday, and I'm happy to say I was wrong in that assumption, but nevertheless I decided to go for a hike instead of a run as what my triathlete friend calls "active recovery"-at least that's what I think he calls it. So after work yesterday when I found myself with not a lot to do, I decided that I would make the most of my opportunity and also take the opportunity to upload another blog post since Kait and I hadn't had a chance to in over a month.
Before my hike, I quickly ordered a car mp3 adapter for an upcoming road trip and I made myself a nice snack consisting of a tasty ham/spinach/cheese/cream cheese wrap and an apple. I then grabbed my phone, backpack, and boots and headed out the door. The sun was nearing the horizon so I hurried to one of the trails at the base of Mt. Seymour, a trail that I had previously hiked when it was snowing.
I made my way along a small foot trail to the stream and after taking a few photos I crossed to the opposite bank and climbed up a short but steep hill. Once at the top, followed the stream up the mountain about a kilometer, again stopping here and there to take photos while there was still enough light. I managed to slip a few times on the wet forest floor as well. Good times. Along the way, I came across a pretty pink flower that was growing out of a small tree and I wanted to get a nice photo of it with my phone, which can be pretty difficult at times. This turned out to be one of those times. The flower was at the end of a small twig and this small twig liked to bounce all around anytime I exhaled a little to hard anywhere near it, so I grabbed the twig to try to stabilize it so my phone's camera could focus on it properly. It must have taken me five minutes to get the camera to focus on the darn thing, but with a little patience the picture turned out half decent, and so I continued on my way fairly pleased with myself.
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| It turned out half decent. Right? |
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| Need to invest in a better camera... |
I continued on for another five or ten minutes, but with the sun setting and the forest canopy blocking out most of the remaining light, I decided to head for home. The walk back to the car was uneventful and the drive home even more so.
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| Close up of the stream. |
It was really nice to get back out on the North Shore trails, and I plan on making it a more regular thing now that Kait and I will have more time for it earlier on in the day. Kait and I are especially excited for the chance to branch out to other trails throughout BC this Summer, such as Frosty Mountain in Manning Park, so stay tuned for more upcoming adventures!
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