Why blog? Why now?

Summer.

While out on what has turned into a weekly jaunt into Canada's national parks, I thought, "this is going to be the best summer yet". I can feel it. Maybe it was breathing cold mountain air hundreds of metres above civilization. Maybe it was passing across an avalanche path, June and knee deep in snow. Maybe it was laughing with my husband and our good friend Justin. Or maybe it was the pumping of my legs beneath me as I waddled along behind the (much more fit) boys I was with.

Whatever it was, I felt it. It doesn't get much better than this. Friends, roadtrips, hikes, sunshine, rain, mountains, water, animals (and perhaps most importantly, a break from school and my intense first year of law school). What better way to celebrate a beautiful summer than to share it? So here it is. My first attempt at blogging. I'll try my best to document all of my summer adventures, I already have three weekends of hikes to share, so I better get caught up.

Stay tuned for hike #1: Elk Island National Park.