{"id":14518,"date":"2016-05-26T09:26:50","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T16:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?p=14518"},"modified":"2016-05-26T10:00:23","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T17:00:23","slug":"hiking-lac-du-bois-grasslands-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/hiking-lac-du-bois-grasslands-bc\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiking Lac Du Bois Grasslands, BC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hiking Lac Dubois<\/h3>\n
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Opening the gate to enter Lac Du Bois: we traveled about one km on a very bumpy trail before we had to leave the car behind–no motorized vehicles allowed past that point. I wanted to save time on the flats so I’d have more time to climb high into the hills–we had a soccer game to get to!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Now I see the secret of making the best person, it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2013Walt Whitman<\/p>\n

Hiking the grasslands just outside of Kamloops,BC is a true Canadian walk through history. The hills of Lac Du Bois, BC were once part of the Hudson Bay Brigade<\/a> trail. Hiking at Lac Du Bois\u00a0is an authentic wild west\u00a0experience: craggy cliffs, rolling hills, sage brush, rushing creeks, and the never ceasing call of meadow larks.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I try to hike at Lac Du Bois every spring; it is the best time to spot migrating birds, spring flowers, and roaming mountain sheep.<\/a><\/p>\n

I hope you enjoy pictures from a spring hike at Lac Du Bois\u00a0’16:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Tall sage in a tree formation–Lac Du Bois, Mix Hart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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This colourful Western tanager male bird flew fast and low, like a fighter jet, and then landed in a fir tree–Lac Du Bois, Mix Hart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The sage brush covered slopes of Lac Du Bois, Mix Hart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A massive thistle head about to bloom–thistle plants may be painful to step on but the flowers are exquisite–Lac Du Bois, Mix Hart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Peter hiking at Lac Du Bois–Mix Hart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The sage slopes lead to old, smooth mountains–Lac Du Bois, Mix Hart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Happy to be back hiking my favourite grassland area in BC–Lac Du Bois, Mix Hart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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This appears to be a type of yarrow; I found the pink and cream yarrow flowers so pretty and unusual–Lac Du Bois, Mix Hart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hiking selfie of me and Peter–Lac Du Bois, Mix Hart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hiking Lac Dubois \u2013Walt Whitman Hiking the grasslands just outside of Kamloops,BC is a true Canadian walk through history. The hills of Lac Du Bois, BC were once part of the Hudson Bay Brigade trail. Hiking at Lac Du Bois\u00a0is … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2204,104,1805],"tags":[3157,2627,3193,3196,840,3194,3197,3195,1523],"class_list":["post-14518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canada","category-fitness","category-travelandadventure","tag-explorebc","tag-beautiful-british-columbia","tag-hiking","tag-hudson-bay-brigade","tag-lac-du-bois","tag-thompson-okanagan-hike","tag-walt-whitman","tag-western-tanager","tag-wild-flowers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t