Today we drove into Yoho national park. Yoho is an exclamation of wonder or astonishment as spoken by the cree indians. We began the day by looking at hoodoos. Hoodoos are mushroom shaped towers of rocks that were created by erosion. Jon and i walked 800m into the park to realize that we must climb 1.6km with an altitude of 300m in order to see the hoodoos. The climb was very steep! It may be comparable to the grouse grind but i’m not sure how high that it. Anyways, 1.6km didn’t seem that bad but when you’re climbing 300m upwards, it’s a lot. Jon and i will be so fit after this summer. Hehe. It took us 2 hours round trip. The signage was terrible.
When we first drove in, there was a tiny sign that said hoodoos but the entrance was chained. As we were walking along the path (800m), there were letters ranging from A to F which we thought were campgrounds but wasn’t sure. It was a good experience but we probably wouldn’t have done it if we actually knew how long/ steep it was.
Then we went to see the natural bridge/ kicking horse river. The natural bridge is a rock bridge that was formed from centuries of erosion, wearing out a channel through the solid rock. The kicking horse river flows underneath the natural bridge. What a sight!
We then drove to emerald lake which was a nice view as well. Emerald lake is close to the natural bridge/kicking horse river. Afterwards, we drove to takakkaw falls. Takakkaw means magnificient in cree. It has a drop of 254m and is the highest falls in canada. It started to rain as we got there. The raindrops were cold and large. However, as we walked closer to the falls, it became slightly warmer.
We’re arrived at radium hot springs. Our motel looks like it came straight from the seventies. We’ll be going to the hot springs tonight to relax our muscles. On the drive here, we saw a black bear. We also saw a momma deer with 2 baby deers on the drive up to takakkaw falls.
Today, we at cherriods, cherries, pepperoni cheese sticks, chips and lots of water and juice. For dinner, i made chicken with udon in chicken broth and tomatoes. I used a whole can of tomatoes which was way too much, even for me. Atleast it’s healthy. On a side note, i woke up to 3 mosquito bites on my arms and leg. It makes me sad. We’ll pack it in early tonight.
Punch buggy update:
today: jon 0: lily 1
Running total: jon 21: lily 19
Artists for the day: bob marley, beegees
Update: we just came back from the hot springs. It was quite nice. Apparently, the hot springs here were actually hot compared to harrison which was only lukewarm, according to jon. the funny thing is that before you enter the changing rooms, you have to remove your footwear. When i saw that, my immediate thought was...athlete's foot!! well, we did as we were told and removed our footwear. however, when jon and i finished, jon's flip flops were gone. someone had taken his old navy flip flops. he was so sad!!! i had to run to the car and get his spare ones. before we left to go on our trip, i told jon to get an extra pair at old navy and he said he didn't need them. oh well, that's life. when we go to calgary, we'll try to find cheap flip flops. he's in no rush. anyways, after he lost his flops, we went to have cookie dough ice cream. it was deeeeelicious. a nice way to end a long day.
tomorrow, we'll be heading to lake louise and banff.
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