A dozen days in and we left Kelowna in good spirits. I had been hogging all of the driving, so today Chris got his turn behind the wheel. As a result, I got a couple shots of the car interior so you can see how well we could fit inside the Nissan Rogue after almost 2 weeks.
I loved seeing the transition from snow at the top of the mountain to raging waterfalls by the bottom of the mountain
We drove three hours into Glacier National Park. We pulled off at the Illecillewaet Valley trails to do the "Great Glacier Trail". I chose this one as it was supposed to have a great view of a glacier as well as some pretty spectacular waterfalls. David had been obsessed with waterfalls. We had a leftovers lunch out of the trunk of the car. We started the hike and soon came to a Parks Canada tent set up with info about various bear sightings in the area. We then walked by the ruins of the iconic luxury railway hotel "Glacier house". This was the original Banff Springs Hotel and Chateau Lake Louise. Alas, some tragic avalanches and the retreating glacier spelled oblivion for this hotel while the sister hotels continue on in greatness. Cool history stuff about the initial mountain guides enticed over from Switzerland.
We continued on, hearing and then finally seeing the glacier fed mountain "stream". There were many large rocks along the trail, likely brought down by those ferocious avalanches. We took a LOT of photos. I've done my best to edit the number down, but this will be a rather photo heavy post!
At the end of our 3 hour, 9km hike we were reading for a rest! We drove the final hour to Golden where we stopped for the night. The hotel had a pool and hot tub that David, Michael, and I enjoyed. Unfortunately the hotel internet conked out and took the tv with it. Possibly for the best, so that we all got a good night's sleep.
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