Upper Kananaskis Lake Trail

Ron's days off arrived and once again we made the most of it.  On Tuesday, we took the motorcycle to Red Deer to get a new tire and when you have new rubber you just have to put it to work.  We drove west so that we could see the mountains and then took different roads south to get back home.  It was a beautiful warm day and the first time out on the bike that we didn't have to wear all of our motorcycle gear to keep warm. 


Yesterday was our hiking day and we left around 9:30 to drive towards the mountains.  The roads were pretty quiet but you still had to keep your eye open because you never know what might just be around the next corner.

I had picked a hike to try but there were a couple of difficulties when we got there.  The first one was that we couldn't find the trail head right away but we did do a little walk around and the views did not disappoint us.

Once we figured out the right path it was getting almost too late for that trail and plus there was quite a bit of snow still on the path.  We decided to drive down the road.  It was a beautiful warm day and we found another area that looked like a good place to walk.

It's nice to travel around this area before the tourists all move in and crowd the hiking trails.  The path started out through the woods with a little incline.  There was still some snow in some areas but not bad.

Not too far into our hike we came across this sign. This was just off the path that we were walking on.  I was hoping that the bears realized that we were walking on the right path and they were staying on their side.  We did stop and buy bear spray for our hikes and I really, really, really hope we never have to see how it works.

Picture is a little blurry....perhaps I was rushing a bit to take the picture before a bear could photo bomb it!

Gradually we hiked up the hill.  At one point the forest stopped and all around us was rock.  It reminded me a lot of Franks Slide where a whole town had been wiped away.  It made me a little uncomfortable.

But we stopped in the area anyway and had our lunch.  The rocks maybe were a little dangerous looking but at least we could see bears if they were coming at us.

It was interesting to us that even though the rock was everywhere a path had been created to help us find our way back.

This is as close as I am getting to rock climbing!

Ron had created an imaginary walking stick for his walk down our rock path.  He's so creative.  As we carefully picked our way back down the rocks and into the path through the woods we heard a rumbling sound.  We both stopped and first thought that it was a plane going over.  As the rumble continued we realized that it was a avalanche on the mountain across from us.  We could see some snow tumbling down the slope.  It was an interesting experience to hear and see a small avalanche but I sure would never want to experience it.

 There are so many hikes and trails to explore.  We love this area.  It is going to be a fun summer whether we are hiking, biking or canoeing.

Today we are taking it a lot easier.  Ron is out washing up the truck and bike.  I'm of course working on my blog and thinking perhaps a walk might be in my plans for later.


UPDATE:  Still no baby news and the baby afghan has made it as far as Winnipeg.