The beauty of the mountains and the water is worth it all.

I’ve always been an anxious person, my thoughts and feeling just get out of control. I think there is a point where I can hide it, but once it gets past that point it just shows. Because my mind is always in thinking mode, growing up my favorite place to go was Charlotte Lake, BC. It’s just so peaceful and so far removed from everything that you can’t help but relax and let whatever is weighing you down just disappear.

As long as I can remember, my family has been going up to that lake. My grandfather was good friends with the owner and although my grandfather has since passed, the owner still lets us come up and stay. It’s a fifteen-hour drive and once you get up there it's just you, a bunch of mosquitos and some bears. There’s no electricity or phone service, and the cabin has formed a few leaks here and there over the years, but the beauty of the mountains and the water is worth it all.