Day 14 off to Radium Thermal Springs

Time to give the Toyota a bit of a blast so we drove to Radium to try their thermal spring which was approx 140klm away. It was first discovered in 1887 then gradually developed into a modern bathing facility. The main pool temp is 40C all year around and they also have a 25m laned pool which a bit cooler at 32C. Must be brilliant to use in the winter sitting there with snow all around th⁹e area.

Got a big wild life treat on the way there with a big black bear digging up some plants to eat. He or she was just off the side of the road about 20m away and we were able to stop and Annie filmed as he wandered off into the pine forest.

We had a good 70min in the main pool and there were only 10 others with us. They had an ice cold plunge pool which Annie braved up to her neck, pussy me could only manage to my arse, far too cold for me. The lady life guard there said some guy set a new record of 10 min up to his neck last week.

On the way back we had another wildlife treat with a brown bear this time just off the road lying down so we pulled over and watched him/her eating the abundant dandelions. Next stop was Marble Canyon and a short 2k return walk which has 6 bridges that criss cross the river and it's ever deeping chasm cut into the rock over 11,000 yrsLue lisää