Mexico in November

Grant and Heather got married in Tulum this November. We had a fabulous week of relaxing, exploring, diving, and maybe a few too many margaritas by the pool! The wedding was beautiful and it was great to see them so happy. Here are a few favs from the week.

And some time for a little fun...

Cenotes: These are freshwater caves with stalactites and stalagmites. Kip went diving in some very dark, narrow areas. I snorkelled.

Diving in Cozumel:

Mayan Ruins

The beach life...

Cloudy Cranbrook

We decided to spend Heather's last hiking weekend with Aric and Jen down in Cranbrook. They promised good weather... they lied!

Not quite the sunny day we had last weekend. Can't win them all.

This place would have been absolutely beautiful with the right weather.

Sucker holes...

Despite the weather, Heady was all smiles.

The injury on the descent.

Good thing they're all emerg docs, the bleeding was stopped!

The sun kept on teasing us, but behind each patch of blue was blackness!

Don't we make an ugly family... nice boobs though.

Best Hike Ever!

I know I tend to use the "best ever" descriptor a little more often that I should. But, for real, Lake O'Hara is dynamite! We were able to get one of the last minute permits for the campground and couldn't have asked for a more beautiful weekend.

This is the first view from the alpine circuit that we did on the first day. The hike actually ended by traversing the scree slope between the cliff bands on the opposite side of the lake. Despite the sketchy appearance the trail construction was pretty impressive.

Only in the name of photography.

This was the last ascent towards Winwaxy Pass. The first alpine traverse is along the wall ahead of me.

Almost at the pass...

The trail descended toward these lakes which are fed from Lake Oesa.

The view from just above Lake Oesa.

From Lake Oesa, that trail headed back up and traversed above these smaller lakes.

Heady on another traverse above Lake O'Hara.

The larches were almost prime. But photoshop helped the progression!

Opabin Lake just before the last traverse along All Souls' route.

This is the last desent of the day off the shoulder from All Souls.

Can't resist the self-portrait. I couldn't photoshop a smaller forehead.
We opted for a more relaxed day on Sunday and took a short hike to Lake McArthur.

Pretty beautiful, but it was going to take a lot to impress us after the circuit on Saturday.

Again, acrophobia becomes absent in the name of photography.

Heading back towards the campsite after a great weekend.