2003-07-19-Cheakamus_Lake

Although we decided a week earlier that we wanted to do something, we didn't get around to deciding where to go or doing any sort of planning until two days beforehand. Our excellent preparation included food shopping at 10pm the night before, and our start was a little delayed by a trip to MEC to exchange the water filter we picked up just before the food shopping (because it leaked).

Best Hikes and Walks of Southern British Columbia by Dawn Hanna summarises the hike as 14km long (return) with a high point of 915m and minimal elevation gain.

Saturday

James, Michael, Debra, Cynthia	Jonny, Brenda, Mimi, Phack	Brenda comparing her stick to Jonny's	Lost trim (later recovered at parking lot of Tim Horton's in Squamish)
Near the start of the trail	The book didn't say anything about hiking uphill!	Rest stop at big log	Jimmy bathed in light
Venturing into the wood of small trees	At the first campsite	Brenda taking a picture of the father-daughter on the dock	People standing on the dock.
Brenda tries to take a picture sitting on a rock...	... but ends up losing her balance and her pack.	View across the lake	Cyn taking a picture of the view across the lake
Crossing a treacherous bit of trail that drops steeply into the lake	Curvy tree in a forest of straight trunks	Broken tree	Base of broken tree
Tent city by the lake	Phack acting as the site supervisor	Jonny and Jimmy do excellent construction work in building a bench	Rock skipping on the lake
Michael resting on log (which is supported on one end by a thin branch)	Bright blue LED lights behind quartz rock	Jimmy's mushroom farm

Sunday

Jimmy sitting on log	Mighty Cyn crossing the raging river	Deb on some boardwalk	Neat clouds in the sky
What's everyone doing?	Jonny readies himself...	... for a strange pose.	Jimmy sitting on a rock in the lake
Michael contemplating getting splashed	More strange poses from Jonny	Michael wants to be more like Jonny.	You can see Jimmy's boxers!
Checking out Jimmy's nipple	Neat tree growing on a rock	Freshly fallen tree	Foozeball at the brew pub in Squamish