First lake trip for the year

We headed out to the lake in Bonnie & Ken's new Uplander with our friend Genevieve for the first trip of the season to get things all opened up and cleaned out. We're not going to be out at the lake an awful lot this year due to other family things going on (babies!) so we have to make the most of every opportunity.

Riding in the back of the Uplander was very pleasant with the DVD entertainment unit hanging from the roof for us rearward passengers and a separate radio system for those in the front. Of course it's always a more pleasant trip if you're not the one doing the driving so that helped as well :-)

Rest stop at Mt Terry Fox


Photographic proof that the top of Mt Robson does actually exist and is not located in some alternate cloud covered dimension

Once we got to the lake there was work to be done, including dropping two cedar trees to be used as stringers for the new dock walkway. Once Ken had masterfully cut these trees down it was up to Col, Genevieve and I to strip the bark so that they will be able to dry out. A very fun and back breaking job full of bad jokes about who was the best stripper and who could pull the longest strip.

Champion stripper Genevieve


The results of our labours

As usual we had plenty of great food, intriguing card games and lots and lots of relaxing reading time. Lake time is awesome.