{"id":273,"date":"2010-07-13T00:53:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-13T00:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/wordpress\/?p=273"},"modified":"2010-07-13T00:53:00","modified_gmt":"2010-07-13T00:53:00","slug":"blue-lakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/index.php\/2010\/07\/13\/blue-lakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Lakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/photos\/blog6\/bluelake9.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Since I first visited Smithers in 1997, Amber has promised to take me to Blue Lakes, near Hazelton, BC. It&#8217;s a 40 minute drive and then a 14 km hike (round trip) to the second lake. This year, our schedule allowed it and we had child care (thanks Judy).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/photos\/blog6\/bluelake7.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This is the first one.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/photos\/blog6\/bluelake1.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This is the second one.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The forest flowers were stupendous &#8211; here are a few:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/photos\/blog6\/bluelake2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/photos\/blog6\/bluelake3.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/photos\/blog6\/bluelake4.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/photos\/blog6\/bluelake5.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/photos\/blog6\/bluelake10.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/photos\/blog6\/bluelake8.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/photos\/blog6\/bluelake6.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Dogwood is BC&#8217;s official flower, much to the chagrin of Amber who finds them very plain. I like them plenty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>We trudged uphill from the car which made it only half way up the 4 km road to the beginning of the trail. The 5 km hike is great as it climbs through forest, meadow, mountain side, rock slides, across rushing streams, and ferns.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/photos\/blog6\/bluelake11.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/photos\/blog6\/bluelake12.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/photos\/blog6\/bluelake13.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>You come upon lake number two all of a sudden and it is at eye level. It was really cold and windy up there, so we huddled behind some spruce and ate our lunch at around 1 pm. About 10 minutes into lunch it began to hail. Lots of hail. We were sopping wet and cold all the way down the mountain. My knees!<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/photos\/blog6\/bluelake14.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>So, thanks Amber. I look forward to hiking in Waterton on August 2 with you.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since I first visited Smithers in 1997, Amber has promised to take me to Blue Lakes, near Hazelton, BC. It&#8217;s a 40 minute drive and then a 14 km hike (round trip) to the second lake. This year, our schedule allowed it and we had child care (thanks Judy). This is the first one. 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