The Lion Mountains

The Lion Mountains, also known as the Twins Sisters, are located North of Vancouver. The legend goes that the two peaks on the mountain are a certain tribal chief's daughters that have been immortalized on the top of a mountain. The Sagalie Tyee had two daughters that were about to go into womanhood, and he decided to throw a massive celebration for the occasion because that is what is typically done. However, the tribe that the Tyee was from was at war with another tribe, but he decided to ignore the war for one week while the celebration happened. His daughters, however, requested that the celebration should be a peaceful celebration, and that they should invite the tribe that they are at war with. The Tyee accepted their request, then proceeded to throw the best celebration in the history of celebrations. The Tyee was so overjoyed that he decided to immortalize his daughters in a high place: on the top of a mountain. And they remain there to this day.

Kayaking 2012

Last year, the kayaking OEE trips focused on simply going out and having a good time. This year, we are actually practicing the skills necessary to be a skilled kayaker. We went in doubles kayaks instead of singles on the first trip, and we covered a fairly large distance in the one and a half hours that we had on the water. There was nothing particularly fancy about our first outing, we simply went around on the water, and crossed from island to island on one occasion.