{"id":25520,"date":"2015-05-28T00:20:11","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T05:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/?p=25520"},"modified":"2015-05-28T08:01:58","modified_gmt":"2015-05-28T13:01:58","slug":"sun-shines-on-hillsview-hike-from-bowsman-to-minitonas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/2015\/05\/28\/sun-shines-on-hillsview-hike-from-bowsman-to-minitonas\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun Shines on Hillsview Hike From Bowsman to Minitonas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/20150525_143047.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/20150525_143047-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20150525_143047\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-25521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/20150525_143047-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/20150525_143047-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/20150525_143047-228x170.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/20150525_143047.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Written by:<br \/>\nRev Kathy Highmoor |<\/p>\n<p><\/br>May sunshine beat down upon the Hillsview Hikers on Monday, May 25, 2015 as they stepped off the 28km from Bowsman to Minitonas.<br \/>\n<\/br><br \/>\n<\/br><em>Click any picture for a larger version.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Hikers left Bowsman United with stomachs full of pancakes and ham. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_2372.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_2372-228x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_2372\" width=\"228\" height=\"170\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_2372-228x170.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_2372-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_2372-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_2372.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_2384.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_2384-228x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_2384\" width=\"228\" height=\"170\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-25524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_2384-228x170.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_2384-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_2384-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_2384.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The group ranged in age from just months, baby Linsey in the stroller to 90-year-old John Cotton.<\/p>\n<p>The countryside of mountains, fields and rivers and wild flowers delighted the eyes of the participants. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_2381.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_2381-228x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_2381\" width=\"228\" height=\"170\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-25523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_2381-228x170.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_2381-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_2381-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_2381.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><\/br>School students giggled and chatted and arrived at lunch with good appetites.  The picnic lunch at Campbell\u2019s under shady trees was most welcome. We said goodbye to the Bowsman School students at this point and continued the hike south.<br \/>\n<\/br><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_2389.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_2389-228x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_2389\" width=\"228\" height=\"170\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-25525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_2389-228x170.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_2389-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_2389-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_2389.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><\/br>To our delight, some Minitonas School students joined the hike with fresh energy and enthusiasm. They stepped up the hike running to the finish line. There a great wrap-up celebration with refreshments was enjoyed bringing an end to a great experience.<br \/>\n<\/br><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/20150525_155335.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/20150525_155335-475x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20150525_155335\" width=\"475\" height=\"230\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-25526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/20150525_155335-475x230.jpg 475w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/20150525_155335-228x110.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/20150525_155335-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/20150525_155335.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThank you to all who supported and were a part of the 2015 Hillsview Hike!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by: Rev Kathy Highmoor | May sunshine beat down upon the Hillsview Hikers on Monday, May 25, 2015 as they stepped off the 28km from Bowsman to Minitonas. Click any picture for a larger version. Hikers left Bowsman United with stomachs full of pancakes and ham. The group ranged in age from just months, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[13,16],"class_list":["post-25520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-coverage","tag-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25520\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}