Photo Roundup
I uploaded quite a few photos to Flickr today, most of which I had hoped to write about. But I think you’ll have to settle for a summary instead.
Alouette Lake (Part 1)
At the end of May we spent a three day weekend with friends canoe camping on Alouette Lake. It’s a large-ish lake nestled in the mountains at the edge of Golden Ears Provincial Park. The weather was great on our paddle up to the narrows, soft evening light reflecting off the glassy water and rich colours all around. We were treated to great food by Agnes the whole weekend, including turkey dinner with all the fixin’s.
The wind picked up on the second day, leading to some pretty wicked swells. We stayed put for the most part, swimming, reading and enjoying the sunshine. By the last day bad weather moved in and there were a lot of whitecaps out on the lake. It was a hard paddle back — directly into the wind — and the waves kept threatening to swamp us. But we persevered and were rewarded by some late afternoon sunlight. A great trip overall.
Alouette Lake (Part II)
A few weeks later in June, I returned to Alouette with our Scout troop. It was cloudy for the most part, so not so many pictures this time. At least the waves were gentle, I don’t think these guys would have been able to make headway against what we experienced the previous month!
The kids amused themselves by trying to “walk on water”. The lake is actually artificial (there’s a dam at the southern tip) and was logged prior to being flooded. Lurking under the water’s surface is a ghost forest of truly massive stumps. The Scouts found one near our campsite just a cm under water and amused themselves by climbing out of the canoe onto it and taking each other’s pictures. Only one of them managed to fall overboard in the process. 
Hiking the Chief
Another outing with Scouts, we did a day hike up the Chief in Squamish. The hike up the back side of the mountain is fairly popular, but the Chief is also renowned for rock-climbing up the sheer front face.
The only climbers we saw at the top was an army of chipmunks. Used to hikers bearing handouts, they swarmed all around us to look for crumbs while we scrambled to take their pictures. We all took far too many blurry shots of chipmunks — certainly not the most notable creature in the Canadian wilderness.
Cat Pictures
Is it possible to have a Flickr account without uploading an enormous quantity of cat/dog pictures? I don’t think so and I don’t plan to be the exception on this one. Cat pictures for all!
Night Photos
And to wrap this up, a few shots I took from the Cambie St. bridge while walking home tonight. It was just past 22:00 and the lighting worked out just right. There are no tricks here, no photo editing or fancy settings — or even a tripod!
So with that I bid you all a good night.
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