Sunday morning dawned warm and sunny, a big improvement over Saturday
morning. After watching the herd of deer in the field behind us we
walked into Black Diamond along the friendship trail. The trail is about 3.5 km
long. Once we arrived in Black Diamond we searched for a coffee shop. The only
thing open in Black Diamond before 11:00 A.M. on a Sunday morning is the grocery
store and gas station. We stopped to pick up a cinnamon bun for John and then headed back to the
trailer. Since our Kananakis hiking guide is in storage at Karen’s we spent the
rest of the day surfing the net to see what hikes might be in this vicinity for
tomorrow.
Monday we stopped at the library next door to the campground to see if we could get detailed information on the hike we had chosen for the day. We found that we could take out the book since John has a library card from the High River library, that allows him to
borrow books from any of the library’s in the same system. However, the guide we
required was not available. We were able to use the computer to get instructions on finding the trailhead, so headed off to the Foran Grade
Trail. At the trailhead we encountered three gentlemen on horseback. As we did
not know the trail we where able to get some guidance from them.
At the top of ridge, we caught up to the horsemen where they had stopped to eat lunch. We visited with them and watched a black bear in the valley below until it crossed the road and headed west, away from where our trail came out on the highway.
The view west toward the
mountains was really great.
As we came down off the ridge the horsemen caught up to us again. We stepped off the trail to let them pass, but the horse leading the way was quite shy and didn't want to walk by. We had to talk to him until he was comfortable enough, with some urging from his rider, to go past.
Tuesday was moving day. After getting set up in Spring Creek RV Park in Canmore, we called Elizabeth and she came over for a glass of wine. We gave Alan
and Sharon a call, hoping to visit with them for a while, but they had sold their house, and were busy getting things organized for moving.
Wednesday morning we joined Elizabeth for a walk along the Bow River out past the golf
course and then on the path along Policeman's Creek by our old B &
B. It looks very much the same as when we lived there, except there are a lot of
kids toys in the yard. It is not being operated as a B & B any longer.
Thursday we did some grocery shopping, and then went back to
the trailer to laze around and enjoy the mountain views. Yes, we are
mountain people.
As we came out of the trailer, we were met by a family of ducks looking for handouts.
Elizabeth joined us for a dinner of
spare ribs and we enjoyed a great lemon desert which she had made.
Friday we started our trek west. We stopped at the top of Rogers Pass to
let the truck's transmission cool down after creeping through several construction zones climbing the pass. Once we headed down
the pass it started to cool down. We stopped at Crazy Creek for the night where the campground fees give us a discount on the hot pool.
