Hiking in the rain ...

Mag's Uncle and Aunt popped by from Powell River BC yesterday ... not sure how you pop by from Powell, but they did ...

Their visit coincided with that of another group of Port Hardy folks who were visiting family in the area ... for a while yesterday our living room became a beehive of Port Hardy conversation and reminicing ...

Today Les and Cindy and Mag and I went up to Riding Mountain for a hike ... we started off in the warmth and sunshine - but an hour into the hike the clouds gathered and blackened ... twenty minutes later, just as we decided to turn around, the sky opened and it poured ... We has descended the Bald Hill trail on the eastern side of the park ... so we ascended it in the pouring rain ... and I mean pouring ...

By the time we got to the van all four of us were soaked and laughing ... By the time we drove to Wasagaming, it wasn't raining ... in fact it didn't look like it had rained at all ...

Uncle Les said later - "It was you and Mag deciding to provoke the rain gods by wearing only shorts and tee-shirts ..." what else do you wear hiking??

Oh well, sometimes life's like that ... and all you can do is enjoy the ride ... but it's important to stop and enjoy the scenery, even through the rain drops pouring off your hat !!!