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[Savannah]

I live very close to Mill Hill Park. Really, really close--my backyard ends and the park starts, though I've only now figured out where, thanks to the link on this forum to the CRD aerial maps. I'll stop trying to landscape the park. :)

It's a great place to walk the dog--nice trails, very woodsy. Once in a while I make it to the top for the view, usually up the western side, then walk down the wider path. (And doing so hurts my knees--getting old.) I haven't walked/hiked to Thetis Lake from the Atkins Road side, but I'd like to give it a try.

Haven't seen a cougar, but lots of deer, Stellar's jays, and squirrels. Some racoons, too.

You get a nice view of the Langford development taking place from the summit.

This last spring, I finally saw the elusive calypso orchid, as well. I'm sure the other fellow walking his dog was wondering what I was doing down below the path, carefully lying not on the plants, with the camera at ground level. Amateur photography can leave one feeling rather goofy.

[Caramia]

got pictures to show us?

[Savannah]

Most are on a CD somewhere, but here's one:

[gumgum]

Wow! Gorgeous flower.

[Mike K.]

Whoa, we have orchids here?

That's nutty.

[Caramia]

Beautiful!

[Scaper]

We use to have those in broadmead when I grew up there....we use to call them lady slippers