Wednesday, June 4

Well, we travelled back to the mountains today to explore Waterton national park. Before we got into the national park, we already had our first animal sightings: 2 bald eagles sitting proudly on their branches. Once we got to Waterton, we went for a hike up Bear's Hump. Okay, up is a little understatement. We walked 1.4 km and ascended 200 meters! Along the way we encountered a whole herd of deer, walking along the path, and eating greenery in the bush. They didn't seem too bothered with us walking by at all!! At the top we could look over the lake, apparently the deepest lake in the Canadian Rockies, and then the more adventurous went a little higher still.

On the way down we saw a group of bighorn sheep a little off the track...more photo opportunities!!

After the hike we stopped by a fast flowing river to have a weiner roast. Oops, we forgot the matches and the hatchet and some paper but the boyscouts went right to work, and in a short while we had a fire going, and were roasting our smokies and weiners!

Our last stop was for a short walk at Red Rock Canyon to see some more waterfalls! The variety in rock formations was fantastic to see. And the walk to Blakiston falls was well worth it. I just love water....

These top 2 photos are of Red Rock canyon; one looking upstream and the other looking downstream. The range in colours was so striking!!

This walk was a little longer, but another beautiful sight at Blakiston Falls.

Of course we had to get home on time to watch the last game of the Stanley Cup final.