Grouse Grind

This past weekend we had a fall break for our school kids and it was beautiful weather - cool and sunny.  I've wanted to climb Grouse Mountain for the past few years - it's kind of a "bucket list" sort of thing.  Google it - it's a very steep incline and you climb for 1.3 miles or so.  I went with Alec and his friend Stefan - they had no trouble bounding up like it was nothing.  I told them to just go ahead - it would make me feel bad to hold them back.  Every now and then they'd be sitting somewhere waiting for me to encourage me and then they'd be off.  They thought I did quite well for an old lady :)  The great thing about this mountain is that it's illegal to climb back down - you have to take the gondola - that I was very thankful for when I got to the top!