Tuesday, September 06, 2011

Dog Mountain on Labour Day

Yesterday was Labour Day.  I had a showing at 12noon but needed to find a good walk that would be reasonably short but worthy of the great weather.  Dog Mountain on Seymour seemed like a good fit.

We started out around 9am, along the cool forest trails.  We met a couple of people in the parking lot heading off on other trails but once we set off we didn’t see anybody else until we were on our return walk.

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Perfect for a morning swim.

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Meadows near First Lake.

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Another 20-30 minutes walking and we’re at the Dog Mountain lookout.

It’s a beautiful sunny morning and we have the whole mountaintop to ourselves.  Views here to the South.

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The Second Narrows Bridge.

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The downtown core with Stanley Park to the right.

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Sweeping city views right across Metro Vancouver.

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Mountain views to the North

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Mojo enjoys the views.

Mojo on Dog Mountain

Final city views, Stanley Park and North Vancouver in the foreground.  On the horizon, the silhouette of the mountains on Vancouver Island.

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We make our way back down the trail, through the meadows to the parking lot.

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The forecast is good all week so we will be out most days hopefully and keep the blogposts coming.

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