Hi Again! I bet you can't believe it! I'm back, so soon!

Okay, so here are some pics from early august. The feature here is a great trip we did with our good friends Mik and Alicia into Strathcona Park. No, we didn't climb the mountain that deb was pointing to in the Myra pics, below. Instead, we chose something a little higher, but logistically more simple, Queens and Kings Peaks. We had an awesome time. We felt lucky that we (Deb) could still do this kind of outing.

A somewhat random belly shot. This was taken in early august.

Alicia, Deb, and Mik in the subalpine, with the objective peak in the background. We more or less hiked the right skyline ridge. There are lots of good rock routes on this mountain, on very good rock... next time.

Deb, emerging from a steep gully section of the route.

Deb, giving Junior a beautiful alpine view, with Elkhorn in the background.


This was sadly our last big mountain outing. Deb simply became too big, and with that came all the expected shortness of breath, some lower back pain, constant peeing, and a requirement for lots of small meals.... But you will see all this in the next installment. Well, the big belly anyway, you can imagine the rest.