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Monday, May 20, 2013

Celebrating 55 My Way

I'm getting ready to celebrate my 55th birthday, and am trying to decide what I want to do to mark this milestone. Ryan and I hiked the Grand Canyon from South to North to celebrate my 50th, and that was a wonderful (and exhausting, and in some ways scary) way to celebrate. I don't need to do something that major this year, but I am ready to take on a challenge.
I've survived and learned to thrive again during these past 5 years, and I want to celebrate my accomplishments with a multi-day project. I'm trying to decide between hiking the High Rim Trail between Highway 33 and Vernon, or biking or hiking the Kettle Valley Railway between McCulloch and Naramata - or, since I've already biked and hiked from McCulloch to June Springs, maybe I should do something else. I just can't think what else.




I do want to be outdoors, to be able to take pictures, geocache, and see only a few other people. However, I don't necessarily want to be all by myself very much of the time. The perfect situation for me (not necessarily for the others in my life!) would be to have my kids, and maybe some of my friends, take turns hiking or biking with me along a trail that I do. I don't have to camp along the way - regular road access to the trail would make coming home in the evenings easy.

Does anyone have suggestions? feedback? any volunteers?


1 comment:

  1. Mrs. G, you are so inspiring! I'm not even 30 yet and Jonathan can barely drag me out of the house to climb things, haha. I don't have any suggestions for you - either of those options sound great. But once you decide what feat you will do to celebrate your birthday, please post about it. I'd love to learn more about these Okanagan hikes you mentioned. Maybe I'll even attempt one when I'm home next. :) Happy nearly 55th!

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