After that, we fuelled the truck up with diesel...$124.9/litre, one of the best prices we have seen! With that job done, we headed to fill a propane tank and then we headed home for lunch.
A suspension bridge...cool, we must go there!
We continued along and turned onto the road that goes down to the Miles Canyon hiking area. There is quite a variety of trails once you cross over the suspension bridge. We had no idea there were hiking trails here! We parked the truck in a large pull-out area before the actual parking lot. There is a warning sign indicating that it is a dead end road with limited parking and turnaround. This is a picture taken from the cliff near where we parked the truck...
Absolutely spectacular views!
There were lots of people on the trails this afternoon...
There was one particularly steep climb...
We made it...
Can Middens....(a nice name for dump)
The indentations in the ground are where various buildings used to be.
Roadhouse site...
NWMP site...
Once back at the bridge, we continued a little way on the other side...
A float plane flew over just after we had crossed the bridge...
I have no idea how far we hiked...there are not distance markers at all...but we were gone just shy of 2 hours. It was a great hike on a beautiful day!
A couple of shots on our way back along the river/lake...
The dam in the background...
It was shortly after 4:00 when we arrived back home. We sat outside in the sunshine for a bit and then went inside. We were planning on leaving tomorrow but a look at the forecast made us think differently. Lots of rain is expected to come in tonight and stay until later tomorrow afternoon, so we will stay another night. That is just as well...I am trying desperately to get the blog up-to-date before we leave Friday...who knows when we are going to have internet service again!
So glad you found a hike in this beautiful location. The river is so pretty.
ReplyDeleteI love the color of the water. Looks like it is tropical;o))
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