Thursday, October 9, 2014
We packed a lunch and set off for a hike. En route through town we discovered a market.
Today was its' last day! We filled our shopping bag with all kinds of goodies.
Oscar George Bayne from
http://canmorecatering.ca gave a cooking demonstration. He layered crusty bread with garlic and goat cheese. Then, he added a butternut squash spread and topped it with arugula.
We travelled on the Smith-Dorrien Spray Trail, a gravel road, which is considered the "back door access" to Peter Loughheed Provincial Park.
We hiked the Chester Lake Trail, a ten kilometre hike through forests, meadows and Chester Lake below Mount Chester.
These next four photos show Jonathan's scramble up a cliff. Note his blue shirt.
Jonathan took these two photos from his cliff view.
These photos are from ground level:
It was a beautiful hike. As you can tell from our photos, we were completely surrounded by mountains. We met a group of hikers returning from their hike as we were starting ours. Then, we met hikers at different points along the trail. For a wilderness trail, it had a lot of foot traffic. Lots of cheery hellos and a few times, we stopped to chat. One English couple was approaching the lake as we were returning. They appreciated our reassurances they were getting close and had only 15 more minutes to go. The return hike is much easier because it's downhill!
The same goat (we think) five hours later at the same salt lick area!
Well, well, well, I am almost exhausted from the long hike. It was So interesting.
ReplyDelete;-D Virtually exhausted? Thanks, Marie! It was an great hike!
DeleteWhen we walked with you near Slave Lake there was evidence of bears. Was that a concern here?
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