Rosie and I had earmarked today on the calender about 3 weeks ago as the day we were going to go snowshoeing. But as the day rolled around due to several different logistical things we decided to go kayaking instead. We picked Chilliwack Lake. We anticipated that there would definitely be snow surrounding the lake.. but what we didn't know was that the park was actually closed. When we got up there and saw the gates closing off the park we weren't deterred. We thought the lake must be right inside the gates so we'll just do our usual initial walk in with all the gear and then make a second trip for the kayaks. Well.... close to a kilometer trek through > 1foot of snow later we reached the lake... and the conclusion that we would not be making another 3 trips to bring and return boats and gear. This was rather disappointing because the lake was smooth, gorgeous, misty, deserted, and unphotographed (the camera had been left in the truck). We sat on a rock and soaked in some of the foggy mistiness. Then after deciding it was a little to early to set up the stove and make lunch we hoofed it back to the road retrieved the camera for a few pics and then swapping our down vests and toques for rain jackets we headed out and back to Cultus Lake so we could at least do some paddling.
I guess the sign was right after all...
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