A quick trip back to BC

The rain continued the next day as we headed back into British Colombia to Kootenay National Park. We drove past most of the walks and viewpoints because it was just too wet. We did stop at a beautifully clear lake called Olive Lake during a dry period.

Olive Lake

Will we ever get to take off these rain jackets?

When we got to Radium Hot Springs we decided to take advantage of the poor weather to do laundry. The laundry room was part of a petrol station that also had a Subway so we ate lunch while we waited for the clothes to dry.

Bighorn sheep grazing in Radium Hot Springs

We drove a little further to our camp in the afternoon and spent the rest of the day loitering around the campsite in between rain showers: spotting deer, playing on the playground and putting on a show in the camp ampitheatre. The campsite was very quiet and we didn't like our spot because it was too hilly. So we walked to the entrance and queued up behind a couple of RVs to exchange it for a flat one. The new site was also closer to the bathroom which is where we like to be for our middle of the night trips.

Loitering

Putting on a quick show

In the morning we didn't get up with the alarm because there was a monsoon going on outside. We waited for a break and then quickly got ready and hit the road. We had a long drive to cross back into Alberta and reach Waterton Lakes national park just north of the US border. The landscape changed as we went further east and became a flatter grassland, similar to parts of Aus but still a lot hillier. It was very very windy and wet so the drive was quite tiring. We stocked up on trail mix and head torch batteries, had a very wet in-van picnic lunch and saw the world's largest truck.

Rain

Sad face

Rain

Big truck - sightseeing highlight of the day

Alberta

It looks like this is a picture from a different trip!  Must have been a brief blue sky interlude.

Once in Waterton we went out for pizza to save cooking in the rain. There was some wifi in the village. The first time since Golden that we have had any. I deleted 90 junk emails and paid my credit card. Rosie downloaded some new kindle books. Unfortunately the wifi was not good enough for us to post the blog. We keep writing it but who knows when we'll be able to put it online - we might have finished the trip by then!

No cooking tonight, my hands had nearly frozen off washing up the lunch plates in the icy water at the camp.