Trekking up Mount Galiano

 On our visit to Galiano Island this summer, we made sure to hike up to the top of Mount Galiano. The trail was longer than I had expected, but thoroughly pleasant and the view from the summit was as breath-taking a view of the Gulf Islands as you would expect (click on the panorama below to enlarge it)

 Vancouver is filled with crows, but it's always a treat to see ravens, and there were several of them playing around and being quite acrobatic in the thermal currents where the ocean met the mountain. I always enjoy the opportunity to see birds in flight from above and Kathryn took this excellent picture of one zipping along doing his very best impression of a fighter jet.

 The day was hot and the trail was long, but the view from the top was certainly worth it. We had a bit of a tight schedule that day, so we didn't have TOO long to relax at the top, but we managed to get a few self-congratulatory photos from the summit before heading back down. I would like very much to do a time lapse from the peak, but that will obviously have to wait for next time, and then maybe we'll take a little more time to enjoy the climb up as well ;)