Lake O'hara

With a great little weekend planned, Ravi & I took a risk and headed up to the shuttle for lake O'hara sans reservation. I've been dying to shoot a sunrise up here but i had other fish to fry on this weekend.

The monring started with a hike past Yukness falls (left) and then on to Lake Oesa. On the right is Lake Victoria (just before Lake Oesa)... and yes it really is that color. Aqua/emerald blue lakes with waterfalls cascading from one to the next down the mountain, finally coming to rest in Lake O'hara. If i could imagine a heaven, it would look like this.


Next we arrived at Lake Oesa, ate some lunch and oh yea, got engaged too. I fumbled but proposed with a twist tie as she staggered in confusion. Photo left was about 20 seconds before I proposed (Note the hand in my pocket as I readied myself and grabbed the twist tie). On the right is just after the proposal.


Aahhh the ring. Ideal cut proprietary square hearts & arrows diamond from New York dressed up in a pre-production Tiffany Lucida platinum setting. Probably the only one of it's kind in Canada. Elegant perfection... and heirloom in the making. The chunks of light return will drop kick you in the face. Bling bling!


After all the excitement, we bunked at Emerald Lake Lodge for the night. Old school amazing. Our room overlooked the lake and had screens across the windows/doors so you could listen to the silence of the lake at night. I fell asleep listening to a loon and watching our own fire burn out.

The photo itch got me up before dawn of course, but after an hour of shooting, i headed back and lied in bed with the fire roaring all morning. The only moment in my life i felt comfortable just lying in bed doing nothing.