buttle lake trip

yesterday, even though i wasn't feeling 100% yet, we really wanted to get out of the house and go somewhere new. since we've lived here for a while, that usually means at least a 2 hour trip one way. i'd already been eyeing routes into strathcona park, so we quickly decided to go that way even if we weren't gonna actually hike, but just make an exploratory trip.

so we went up north to campbell river, and then east towards gold river, but turned off hwy 28 at buttle narrows and took the westmin road along buttle lake. we got as far as the karst creek campground before it got too late to continue. stopped in campbell river on the way back because they have a new hungarian restaurant, the goulash bowl -- solid peasant fare; great homemade egg noodles. got home just before midnight; not bad for being lamers who didn't leave the house until 15:30.

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