Copyright 2019, CABS for Reflections From the Fence
June 20, 2019
43 degrees at wake up. Partly sunny, some of the mountain tops are still sleeping under their cloud blankets. Still breezy.
We will attempt to “discover” town today. It’s kinda small. Quaint.
We walked to town, parking at a premium and the Demon appreciates the exercise. Tons of construction.
Walked to an amazing waterfall. Gorgeous!
Lunch in town. Sitting at the base of a huge Stone Mountain.
Walked around town, maybe twice. It’s a cute little tourist town, with oodles of construction. Our stay was dimmed a bit by the fact that they were laying asphalt for over 12 hours. It was not the noise but the smell, which bothered Man considerably. After the years in the plant and all the chemicals he is quite sensitive to those kinds of odors. We were warned of the construction, it was just our luck they were pouring asphalt. It is what it is.
Took several photos of the gophers. Ok. They are cute, but the “hills” are dangerous to human ankles. First photo, three babies, I thought I was shooting one, got three!!
This one was one of the parents of the three youngins - -
Lunch time - -
Another tourist pointed out a momma deer, I believe she is a mule deer, and her babies.
(Following is Sir W’s attempt at journal entry writing: V. Vccrdtffb. Thanks dude!)
We managed to not get rained on today. Still windy tho. Sounds as if that is more the norm than the exception.
Had 8100 steps recorded on our return to The Estate. We were back in camp about 45 minutes when it started sprinkling. Nary a drip on us all day while we were out walking. Ya us! Nap time? Probably.
Tomorrow we head out. We snagged a 1 night reservation at Canmore, right outside Banff National Park. We have looked at routes and are considering taking 40 up north, it opened June 15th.
WHAT IS AVERAGE PRECIPITATION IN THIS AREA? At the townsite, it is reported to be 42 inches, average winter snowfall in townsite is 575 cm (225 in); June and April are the cloudiest and wettest months.
We hope to have intermittent internet in Canmore. I’ll try to catch up posting.
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