Deep Cove Hike - 05/05/09

The ever-effervescent Jason Crosby invited me out to hike the trail head above Deep Cove, a beautiful community in the north of Vancouver.

I, in turn, invited Marc and Friday, knowing that they would both enjoy the day outdoors.

We met up with Jason and a few other friends - my pal John (one of the producers of the forever-running Stargate series), Morris (a local producer, currently touring film festivals with his latest project), Marcus (moving to Melbourne tomorrow to work on a film there), Johnny, a DJ with "The Beat 94.5" in Vancouver, plus two additional canines; Griffin and Taco.

This was my first time hiking here and it was surprisingly "wild" and beautiful. I had heard it was a popular hike, so expected it to be quite easy and not winding so far into the forest. The dogs had an amazing time and all of us had a great time as well, catching up with each other and generally being silly (my general mode).

Once we were at the top, the view was spectacular. We looked down onto Deep Cove and out to the waters and communities beyond.

As we lounged up there, drinking in the view, some other hikers arrived and started eating some crazy-thick donuts. Everyone in my party recognized those as "Honey's Donuts", made fresh in a small shop down below. They smelled amazing, and thus became a major topic of conversation as we descended back down to the town and straight to Honey's.

And yep, they have a right to be famous. I'm not a donut lover, or even a liker, but these ones - damn... I had two :-)