What I Read this Month: September 2025

I had a lot of downtime this month, which meant lots of time to read. Three more books added to my 2025 total as we enter the year's last season.

The Orca Half Marathon 2025

There is really nothing quite as fulfilling as running a first race with a friend...unless it's successfully indoctrinating them into the cult of running. Which I think I've successfully done with Nick, now. Spoiler alert, but at the end of this race, he told me he'd definitely run a half again...just not right away.

And less than 6 hours after we finished, he sent me a link for a 12k he wanted to do. So yeah, I think my work here is done.

Ancient Cedars Trail, Whistler, BC

The day after hiking the High Note Trail, we planned to find an easy hike. We weren't going to let a little rain stop us; in fact, it helped us choose the perfect hike, because we were looking for something with tree coverage.

The Ancient Cedars Trail is a fairly easy 3-mile hike that terminates in a gorgeous grove of...ancient cedars. There are benches and sign posts in the grove so you can sit and enjoy the view and learn about the trees. This is my favorite kind of hike, and I was so happy we did it!