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!!!  :-)

New Year's Brunch Open House!

We were over at Louisa and Jody's place for brunch today! More peeps arriving! Louisa made us French Toast! Surya with his plate... "Don't bother me, I'm eating." Michael, Jody, and Nicole... Ocea and Colin... Group shots galore... Our late arrival, Shannon... Rachael pointing at the zit on my nose... Big thanks to Louisa and Jody for having us over!!! Shannon and Rachael were hungry, so we dropped by Anton's! My plate... Rachael's... And Shannon's order... So far, it's been a good year!!!