In our driving focused morning, we wove through mountain passes, meandered alongside turquoise rivers, and startled many roadside wide-eyed deer.
We arrived at our destination, Joffre Lakes Provincial Park, just before lunchtime. Our goal was to hike to the three alpine lakes (lower, middle and upper). It was a 7km (round trip) trail, with about 500 m elevation. Short but steep. The hike was tough going up and easy going down, and the lakes were beautiful. It was overcast, so they weren’t as brilliant turquoise as they would have been on a sunny day but at least it wasn’t raining. We have had enough rain over the last few weeks to last us a lifetime and we are ready to say goodbye to snowcapped mountains and turquoise alpine lakes as beautiful as they are. We are ready to move on to something new.
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| Bye bye snowcapped mountains. Until next time. |
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| That is one BIG tree! |
After the hike we drove into Whistler for a village stroll and an apres hike treat on the Garibaldi Lift Co. patio. We watched the mountain bikers careening down the ski hills and the chairlift taking them and their bikes up the mountain again and again. It was a relaxing end to a busy day. On to Vancouver tomorrow!
