On Saturday, Ianiv and I took one of our first hikes of the season. It was still an "easy" hike, but a great excuse to get out and enjoy the sunshine. We went to explore a new trail at Lynn Headwaters Regional Park, just at the end of Lynn Valley Road. It’s a very nice park with a beautiful view of the river. You can take many hikes from there with various degrees of difficulty and time.   

The first portion of the trail is very easy and can be done as more of a casual walk. This first part of the trail is called the Lynn Loop Trail. Our guide book had it pegged as a couple of hours, but we finished half of the loop in 20 minutes, so kept right on to the next portion of the trail.

This portion, the Cedars Mill Trail, is still easy, though the trail is a little less polished and there are fewer hikers. You go past some interesting relics from the old mill, and we even hit some portions of the trail that still had snow. Although about the same distance as the previous loop, this section of the trail does take a little bit longer, and if you take the full loop, does hit some steep and uneven sections. We avoided the upper half of the loop, since our sandals weren’t really appropriate for a true hike.

It was a beautiful walk. We were out for just over two hours, and I came back with 4 lovely blisters. It’s a trail we’ll definitely revisit – with our hiking boots!

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