Thursday 27th April – Snow joke

Slept so well last night, it’s really quiet here. I didn’t even hear the rain…. But that’s because it fell as SNOW!

Picture for comparison with last night's image of our camp site

And it was still falling heavily when we woke up. So much for brighter weather, maybe the bike ride will have to wait.  Instead, I had a reflection morning.  I think it’s roughly a year ago that we started thinking about changing everything, so I read ‘the book’ from cover to cover and reminisced.  Wouldn’t change a thing.

Our ground squirrel neighbours also thought it was time to brave the cold

In the afternoon the snow eased off, so we seized the opportunity to go for a walk.  Waterton Lake stretches between Canada and the USA.  Our campsite is on the North-West corner.  The water is crystal clear with different coloured stones visible through the water.

Checking out the crystal clear waters

The red chairs are back.  In fact we even think there are too many here - If the red chairs are too easy to find then the reward in reaching them is lessened, isn’t it? We wrapped up for the conditions but as the sun broke through the clouds it actually became quite warm. 

The view from the townsite marina across to the impressive Prince of Wales Hotel

I went for a stroll into town, while Simon headed back to the RV.  The town here is really in ‘closed season’ mode.  All of the summer houses on the lake edge are boarded up and the shops are shut.  But the scenery is good any time of year, so we don’t mind.  

If anyone knows what this sign is warning us of you get points - no dancing with stags?!

I thought the day may just continue to get brighter but instead it has reverted to a grey cloudy evening.  So, we’re having a movie and lasagne night and keeping warm.