Best Of.

As most of you know, In about a week, I am crossing the North 49th Parallel for one final time before I hope to cross it again north of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. It is a massive milestone in my journey to be crossing this latitude line as it marks my journey south through the United States, sort of a Phase II of a journey that with take me to the far reaches of Fiji, Australia, and Asia.

Since I am leaving Canada, the East Coast, and Cascadia behind I felt it apt to post a sort of "Best Of." the last year of my journey. It will be entirely images labeled with the location and month that the image was taken. (I messed up a few dates... Oh well)

There are a few images that are new, a few that are old from my blog, and a few that are old from my Instagram.

I hope you enjoy about 50 of what I think are the "Best Of" my journey thus far.

Realization

It was dark as I drove the point home,
and on cold leather seats.
Well, it suddenly struck me.
I just might die with a smile on my face after all. 

Garibaldi Provincial Park, Elfin Lakes

5,700 km

On last Monday my friend Annie and I drove up to Garibaldi Provincial Park near Squamish, BC for some camping and hiking. 

We decided to backpack in the Diamond Head area of Garibaldi. We chose to make the camp at Elfin Lakes and make this our basepoint for the 3 days we were there. Elfin Lakes are two adjecent coin lakes that offer about 30 camping platforms with wonderful views of craggy peaks, lush forest, and overhanging glaciers.

Unfortunately it was a rainy 3 days but on tuesday the weather cleared enough to do a nice day hike up to the Gargoyles. The hike to the Gargoyles was a few hour climb along some picturesque streams, peaks shrouded in cloud, and under the stone shapes that are known as the Gargoyles. We spent about an hour and a half at the top taking pictures, eating and exploring all along the ridge. 

The clouds cleared a bit and started to transform and move in some very neat ways between the mountain valleys. Sometimes they would move to expose only the summit of Diamond Head peak, or would gather only on one side of the mountain leaving on side clear and one side entirely shrouded.

Here is a group of photos from the trip.

 

Overall it was a wet, but stunning trip in one of the most beautiful and serene places I have ever been.



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