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I am going to try to keep this brief and let the photos speak for themselves. On Friday, a few of us arrived early in Waterton and set up camp and then headed into the town site to do the Bear Hump hike. As the day progressed, the rest of the crew dribbled in, with the last arrivals being well after dark. Due to some exceptional conniving and scheming by the dictator, over 300 water balloons were prepared in the afternoon, known only to the women on the trip. At 10PM, a few of us excused ourselves, and before they knew what hit them, our male companions were being barraged with water balloons. Unfortunately for us, the balloons bounced right off of them, rather than breaking properly, giving our targets a great opportunity for full participation (ie. retaliation) on the spot. I am dismayed to say that in spite of said brilliant conniving and scheming, the dictator, and a couple of the other gals, took the worst of the evening's soaking, but I guess that's the risk you take! After a cold night's sleep listening to some obnoxious neighbors in the other group camp, we got up to a glorious day on Saturday where we had three separate groups set out for our preferred hiking activities: - Moderate/Difficult: Crypt Lake - Moderate: Goat Lake - Easy: Five mini-hike marathon Thankfully the obnoxious neighbors pulled out and we had a better sleep on Saturday night, which was warmer AND quieter. On Sunday, a few folks set off to do their own thing, while two groups set out for more hiking: - Moderate: Bertha Lake - Easy: Red Rock Canyon and Crandell Lake My personal thrills for the weekend were: - the stars and Milky Way on Friday night - when Mehran, Karen S and I got to see a cinnamon bear hanging out on the trail coming down from Crypt Lake. Note that there were several bear sightings over the weekend (among other wildlife sightings), but all the rest were from the comfort/safety of our cars. Nyah. - Kate's papaya that she shared with us at the end of Sunday's easy hikes. Lastly, what would a camping weekend be without a little personal growth? Our friend Cam came down the mountain with a new piercing, care of a fly-fisher up at Crypt Lake. Way to go, Cam! (Seriously, he really did take a fish hook in the ear on Saturday, but fortunately no permanent harm was done, either to Cam, or the fly-fisher). -- Rhonda (Dictator for Life) We speculated for a bit during the first part of this hike, how Goat Lake got its name. Well, it soon become obvious that goats were the only creatures meant to climb up and along the side of the cliffs to get to it! Then we wondered where the goats were, until someone's heat and sun-stroked mind figured that the goats weren't stupid enough to be out on these slopes in 30 degree heat with not a speck of shade in sight! I very much agree. We all made it without any serious heat stroke, in part thanks to the most well placed waterfall EVER!! Seriously though, even those complaining the loudest (me) concurred that it was an amazing hike. In the end, the frosty beer mug mirage was what got us back to the car. We never did see any goats though... As a side note, Michelle and I finally saw the mountain goats in Glacier National Park - Montana. That's why they weren't on the trail to the lake! Glacier National Park is FANTASTIC!!!!! The Road to the Sun is the most amazing drive! We had a great day on Sunday, not returning to our site until about 9pm. It was much warmer at night and drier (dew on tent drier) there. Explored some more today before hitting the road home - the drive home was the biggest anti- climax in history though... Lana |
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Rhonda and Lana on Bear's Hump
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Camping at Belly River Group Camp