We decided to tackle backpacking with a kid and hiked into Margie Lake in Monashee Provincial Park.
I carried Cassia, and some stuff.
And James carried everything else, which he was pretty happy about, being a "go heavy" enthusiast.
Snack time!
Catching dinner... almost. I guess the lovely pair of loons on the lake stole all of the fish.
Cassia was pretty thrilled with the amount of outdoors in the outdoors.
Jumping off rocks while on Dad's shoulders was a very popular activity.
Meanwhile, I filled the memory card with pictures of anemones and glacier lilies.
We hiked up to a peak the following day for some spectacular views of the Monashees.
More interested in the bag of salami than the views.
Cool rock folds.
Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious.
On another note, the scratches on our camera lens have become un-ignorable, especially when shooting into the sun or in video mode, so our Canon G10 has been shipped off for a lens overhaul. Boo. And I am too tired to figure out how to centre this video. Double boo.
Overall the location was great for a first-time-with-a-wee-one backpacking trip - short hike in, few bugs, crawling-friendly campsite, great day hike options and not too far from town (~3 hrs from Revelstoke). The downside was that the logging road to get there was a bit challenging, ending in some impressive alder-bashing as depicted above.
