Aldergrove Regional park, BC Trailblazer hike

Fall hiking north of the border today. 

We are back on our lowland hiking schedule for the year, the summer hiking season has been spectacular and now we get to savor what the lowland forests have on display. Nine of us headed off after getting more sleep than usual for a Thursday. After we leave the summer hiking schedule we start our hikes at 9am instead of 8am. Yay!!

We welcomed Ginny and Norbert back after their summer's absence and Joan a guest Audubon club hiker also joined us.

We hiked at the Aldergrove Regional park in British Columbia today. It's just a short drive past the Aldergrove border crossing. The park has a nice trail system in it.

Ferns and Fungi -

We stopped for a moment to enjoy the lake and saw a Blue Heron and several Mallard ducks fly up in front of us.

I loved how the light shined through the leaves as we hiked along -

The nice thing about lowland hikes in parks is every once in a while we get a nice dry place to eat, with tables!

Some more of the beauty of the day that I just couldn't resist photographing - 

Thanks to Joe (the birthday guy), 

We stopped at Edaleen dairy on our way home!

for sharing his endomondo stats with me. I didn't use my phone app since we were in Canada. I don't want to pay the international data rates!

Endomondo stats:

Total miles hiked - 5.47 miles

Minimum altitude - 45.9 feet

Maximum altitude - 255.9 feet

Total ascent - 912 feet

Total descent - 967.8 feet 

Bailey's Vegetables and a XC run

Our granddaughter is having fun running cross country at her middle school. This is her second year and last year to run as a middle school student. We have enjoyed going to her meets, one of our favorite locations for the meets has been the Bailey Vegetable farm. The setting is perfect for a fall activity. The crops were still in the ground, the corn still standing and the scent of Kettle Corn tempting in the air.

The squash were set out on tables and there were so many fun color and shaped ones on display.

Also, baby pigs to thrill the children.

I enjoyed trying to find our way through the maze with the granddaughters

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I also was photographed with a Turban squash on my head. 

It makes a lovely hat don't you think ;-)

Such a fun place for a cross country run.