Vision

View of Mt. Cheam from Chilliwack

My brother and I made a sincere attempt at climbing Mt. Cheam today. We started out early (5:45am) and found the turn off that we needed 28kms down Chilliwack Lake Rd. After that, things quickly got confusing. The dirt & gravel road had multiple turn offs and trails, but hey, we were just here last year on our first attempt and we knew where we were going, right? Wrong. Here's how the scene went. "Let's go up that way." "OK, but wasn't the trail wider than this?" (less than 8 feet wide) "Let's go back and try that other trail" "Hey this one looks like it. Look, I remember these washouts. Do you think we can make it? Scraich…. Nope, better back up"(We have a Nissan Micra hatchback) "Ok this isn't going to work. We need an SUV."

So, we turned around and carefully navigated our way back down the hill. At one point we came to a washout and attempted to go from 20kms/hr to 0 in 1.5 seconds resulting in some pretty impressive skid marks.

Finally we arrived back in civilization and ended up going on a 1km hike up at Mt Thom Park. So we got our view of the valley, just from a little less altitude. BTW if you want to try the Cheam hike out for yourself check out the directions HERE.

View from Mt. Thom Park, Chilliwack, BC

This 10 acre greenhouse near Chilliwack in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia Canada is where I grow Tropical house plants. The farthest left section of greenhouse is the Tropical Department, recognizable from the air by the white wash that we put on in summer to keep the light level down so the plants don't get sun burn.