Mega_fail: locals lost looking for #Lost Lake

Follow me. If only we had turned left at the railway line.

We had the map. @Mac had checked the routes before we left. We had a clearly signed #Valley Trail. But somehow, we zigged when we should have zagged and, in the process, missed the lake completely - #Lost Lake remains a mystery.

Our 4 km stroll to the #Village on a valley paved path, turned out to be a 6 km HIKE over the mountain on dirt and rocky trails. We should have twigged earlier because we were the only walkers on this trail.

Lots of bikers crossed paths with us - they were never really biking this road - just using it as an access to a multitude of narrow winding bike trails.

Can you hear me calling up the path: "You said there was a lake, I don't see the lake, are we near the lake, oh for goodness sake, you've got the map, WHERE IS THE @&#&%%*$*  LAKE?"

Busting to go to the loo about 4 km in - but even if I had a @Carolyn handbrake turn in me - there were so many sneaky bike trails in and out of the open base of the trees, there was nowhere for me to back into. The urgency merely served as a motivation to continue. 

Down up and up and up! No hiding spots in here

I kept snapping bike trail names in case we needed @Mindy to organise "extraction"

At one stage, two bikers with a paper map stopped and asked @Mac if he could help them find #Centenial Ridge - not bloody likely! Best he could do was point them back to #Whistler.

He sent them back towards #Whistler - at least they didn't ask "Where was the lake? "

But we eventually did meet up with the #Valley Trail and a welcome toilet stop. The good news was we only had another 1.2 kms to get back to the #Village and our goal of the liquor store. 

We did it - shame about the lake

Ah, crystal. All makes sense now. We came from RED trail, should have been on green and only 1.2 to go of we follow the blue

And, on the bright side, despite walking in clouds and mist, it hadn't actually rained on us at all. Was perfect for our mega fail.

Left or right... didn't matter, plenty to see and enjoy

It turned out to be a long walk for a rum from Guyana, a red from Chile and a liqueur from South Africa

Did the sensible thing and hopped the #30 bus for the return journey and willingly fell into the warmth and comfort of home. 

Got our lake fix, at the outset, near home - #Green  Lake - with clouds over and around mountans

Thinking it's a little too early to talk about finding #Lost Lake tomorrow. We'll see what the weather is like (was so good to walk in the cool today) - maybe a plan could be to bus there and then walk home. 

Meanwhile in 🇪🇺 with @M&I

Still enjoying the sunshine, clear water and blue doors of the #Mediterranean.

Boat time, water fun and exploring ashore

We met the Skipper's best friend @George and noted @Ian embracing his inner Greek with a hat AND ouzo. YAMAS!