St. Mark's Summit & Lance's 50th

I met-up with Boris and his co-workers at Cypress Mountain to hike St. Mark's Summit!  He and Jason convinced me to park in the middle of the lot to start a trend.  ;-)

It was actually my first time up here.

It's very beautiful!

I wanted to take Gus along, but he was still sleeping at his mom's.

There were some pretty good inclines...

that took your breath away.

After around 2 1/2 hours, we made it to our destination!

And what a view we had of the Howe Sound!

There's Bowen Island.

Squamish is further down there.

I spotted a chipmunk!

There were a few up here,

but they were a little shy.

I just couldn't get over the view!

At first I thought there was smoke from a fire, but then I realized it was a cloud!

That's the Sea to Sky Highway down there!

We walked over to the second edge for another vantage point.

Time for a few poses.

Gotta break-out the red!

"This is my home."  ;-)

Arrr!!!

Rarrr!!!

"What?!?  We gotta go back now?!?"

We caught a whale, Maxim!  LOL!

The return trip...

is always bittersweet.

Our Olympic legacy still lives on.

Yup.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Olympic rings!"

Looks like Jetta James wasn't alone anymore when we returned to the lot!

She such a trendsetter.  After the rest of the crew left, Gus arrived with Megan and Alex!  I gave him a big hug and kiss before his hike.  ;-)

Big thanks to Boris for inviting me on this enjoyable hike!!!  :-)

In the evening, I drove down to White Rock to celebrate Lance's 50th birthday!

Our favourite former wrangler had a bunch of his friends and family around to mark his milestone.

I met White Rock's former mayor, Catherine Ferguson!

She gave a little toast to the birthday boy.

His brother Troy brought in the cake...

and his mother told him to blow-out the candles.  Haha!

Happy Birthday Lance!!!  :-)