warmup hike

last saturday, we went on a warmup hike on the lower falls trail at golden ears provincial park:

we ended our hike halfway up the mountain, swimming in a frigid pool formed by a glacier-fed stream as it flowed down the mountain. places like these absolutely blow my mind; it's simply hard to believe such beauty exists.

here are our wonderful friends, ryan and steph vande kraats, with whom we have been visiting:

we hadn't seen ryan and steph for two years before arriving, and it's wonderful to swing right back into such a delightful friendship. good friends are like that, aren't they?