Mar 12, 2011

6 Friends, 1 Dog and a Pretty Lake

January 30, 2011

Location: Thetis Lake, Victoria, BC
Trail: Lower Thetis Lake Trail and connected to Upper Thetis Lake Trail
Distance: est. 4.5 km
Weather: Partly cloudy and mild (a beautiful spring day in January- gotta love Victoria!)

Third hike and our numbers are climbing!  Each week we seem to gain 2 people; I love it!  At this rate I would assume by March we'd have a whole caravan of Sunday Hikers.  (Since I'm writing this in March, my predictions were not correct.  We've maxed out at 6, but there's still time!)
Thetis Lake is very pretty and only 20 minutes outside of Victoria.  We drove to the lake to get out of the city and escape to the woods. We quickly realized that we were not alone in this great idea, everyone else in Victoria had left the city too and met us at the lake.  Note to self: Thetis Lake is not a great place to escape to when one is yearning to be alone.  Once we started our hike I felt as though we were in some kind of wilderness procession.  We were getting shuffled down the path with people surrounding us in all directions and dogs running through our legs; not to mention being on the constant look-out for puppy poop.  Maybe I'm being dramatic (it's been known to happen), but the purpose of Sunday hikes was to escape the hustle bustle of the city not just relocate it all to the woods.  In an attempt to ditch the crowds we strayed off Lower Thetis Lake Trail and connected with Upper Thetis Lake.  It was much quieter.
Thetis Lake is beautiful, and Gracie (our dog) loved the water, but perhaps Sunday is not the best day to stay so close to the city if you're looking for some peace and quiet.

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