Vancouver

And I don't mean that in a abstract way. We actually went to Hope. Chris and Browyn invited us to spend the weekend with Chris's parents at their beautiful home in Hope, BC. So we spent a night in their guest cabin and then headed out to Manning Park. We chose to hike the Skyline II trail to Mowich camp for an overnight trip. What a fabulous trip! The alpine flowers were in bloom and the weather was superb. If you have never seen subalpine meadows in bloom, then it is a worthy destination. The only thing I would have done different is made time to visit Mt. Hozemeen in Washington. The views of it from the trail were spectacular. Here is a sample of one of the many flowers we saw. In the vista above, we hiked around to the backside of the mountain on the right. The trail to Mowich was about 12.5km of superb fun!