Steps.

Wow! Time flies when you're not paying attention. This is true on many levels, but I'm simply referring to the fact I just realized I haven't blogged since May. It's been almost 3 months. My apologies.
Well, We have been on holidays since Saturday and started it off with coming out of a few hectic days dealing with stuff life throws at ya. But this vacation is about taking a few steps back, keeping things simple and spending time together as a family. Now to take a few figurative steps backwards we thought the best thing to do is take thousands of literal steps forward. Saturday morning we threw on our backpacks and hit the berg lake trail at mount Robson. In 2 1/2 days, we logged just shy of 50 km and made it to berg lake, one of the most amazing places in western Canada. This is a place that I have been to several times as a teen and attempted many times as an adult without success. Until this weekend. I Ho Chuan goal "hike to berg lake" - CHECK! Why is this important? Three things that come to mind.
1. Even if your goals seem out of reach, just take one step at a time. Slow progression is still progression.
2. Your mind can be your worst enemy. If you want to achieve something that is difficult and maybe pushing your limits, make sure your brain is on your side. I literally spent months, mentally perparing myself and convincing my brain that come hell or high water, we were both making it up that mountain.
3. There's power in numbers. You need support. I'm not sure how this weekend would have turned out if we didn't do this as a family. We each took turns mentally dragging eachother up the trail. When your motivation is lacking, borrow some from someone else.

Well, that's all I have for now. I'm hoping to blog a few more times on this trip, but cell service has been sketchy.

Thanks for reading.

Mike