I’ve been telling people Leia is 13 years old for almost two months now, but today it’s officially true. As we’ve been doing for a bunch of years now, Aimée made dog cake (in cupcake form this time) and we went to Pandora park and invited dog friends out to join. About a dozen folks were able to make it out, helped by the great weather this day.
We were at the park from 11am to 1pm for the birthday celebration, but with the sun still high in the sky I decided to ride the Evasion out to Deer Lake – my first ride of any substance in two weeks. In that time the early bloomers have started to put on a show and remind us that spring is not far off now!
I spotted this bridge from the road, one I hadn’t seen before, so naturally I had to ride over it – and nearly endo’d off the end not realizing the second “step” was about 18″ tall! This does not seem like a compliant bridge…
My favourite tree to sit in was unavailable at Deer Lake due to the influx of park goers brought in with the warm air and sunshine. Can’t complain. I found another spot which was also quite lovely.
The grasslands around the lake are somewhat unique in this area these days, though I imagine this would have been a more common scene before we developed just about the whole land mass. The land was so beautiful before we got our hands on it, and I will cherish what still remains.
I spotted this little hummingbird in a blooming tree while exploring a dead-end fence line trail. The trail shown below is a little hidden gem in Burnaby that I always like to work into my loop.
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