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I don't know, but for some reason I expected this hike to be a lot more challenging. What with the description outlining a 23.5km hike, with pretty much all of the elevation right at the end... and all the whingeing from Glenn when he did this trip before... you'd think it was a real grunt. I found it quite easy. Relaxing even. Oh... wait a minute... maybe that's because I, along with four others, stopped at the Aylmer Pass Junction at about km 8.0 and lounged around on the rocky beach for three hours while we waited for the others to go up to the lookout and back. Yes, that's right, I'm ashamed to say that I did NOT actually do Aylmer Lookout today. My story is that I'm still getting over the bad cold that knocked me down last week, and also that I have such a strenuous weekend ahead of me that I didn't want to push myself too hard and screw up the rest of my weekend. It's my story. Lake Minnewanka is very beautiful. Unfortunately the 8km of lakeshore trail to the Aylmer Pass Junction does not afford many views of it... it's mostly a tree-sheltered trail, although there is that one very long rocky hill along the way that felt pretty much like a cruel trick on the way back which did provide open views. I have decided that I probably won't make another attempt at Aylmer anytime soon. What with that 'cruel trick' hill on the way back and the fact that the views from the lookout didn't move Marko to tears (or photography) convinced me that I'm probably better off sticking to something a little less physically challenging with a little bit more reward involved. In any case, we had a positively lovely time waiting around at the lake. While Sharon, Nicole and Doug snoozed, Cheryl and I played a game of 'throw rocks at Doug and see who can get them to stay on his torso instead of falling off'. Doug and Cheryl skipped some stones into the lake. Doug got himself a mouthful of 'Ensure gone bad', and a couple of very refreshing dips in the lake (I believe the exact words were "*expletive deleted* that's cold!!!". As we returned to civilization, we were thrilled to discover a small concession serving ice cream. Manna from heaven on a 30 degree Celcius day. -- Rhonda |
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