Afternoon trip to USA

Wed 14th Sept. The weather forecast for today was 60% chance of rain and thunderstorms, and because we have had a couple of big days decided to have an easy day. But after a relaxing morning and freshly made Sultana scones, and no sign of rain we decided to take a walk to Montana USA, along Waterton lakeside trail. It was a pleasant trail, although a bit more undulating than we thought but after about 7.8 kms we reached the USA border. There was a guy waiting there for someone to take his photo at the border - he had just finished a 5 month (less one day), 2900 miles walk from Mexico to Canada - so Doug got that honor of commemorating the end of this trip for him. We then both swam from Canada to USA, it wasn't any warmer in America. Then carried along the track for about 500 m and came along a lovely stream with some deep clear blue water pools. It then started to drizzle, so we turned around and headed back to Waterton, luckily the rain didn't develop and we got back dry. Not far from Waterton came around a corner of the track and there was a family of deer (mum, dad and 2 young ones) happily grazing. Hike stats: 15.73 kms, 3 hrs 07, elevation gain 604 m. Steps VLes mer