Glacier Trip - Day 5 - Aug 22
September 21st, 2005
Our day to do our own thing. Joanne and I chose to go horseback riding. What fun. Something new for me.
They matched us up well with our trusty mounts. Tex was a lovable guy. Yet had this slightly annoying habit of dawdling along. So we would drop back a bit … then he would trot on up to the back of Juniper. He did this for the entire ride. Couldn’t seem to just walk at a brisk pace with everyone else. Juniper on the other hand (Joanne’s horse) was the master of snacking. Everytime I looked ahead … there she was grabbing a mouthful of grass. She did this for the entire 2 hours. It was just hysterical.
We rode through some lovely little rolling hills with small creeks. Did a couple crossings. And saw a young black bear near the path at one point. We moved off the path and gave it a wide berth. It seemed completely uninterested in us. Then we spotted a larger black bear eating a deer just down the hill from the path. It was kind of neat to see the bears. Close enough to enjoy them … but not close enough to bother the horses.
Horseback riding is definitely on my fun to do list now. =)
Bill and Scott took their bikes off for a ride up to a lovely lake for some kayaking.
After riding, Joanne and I met up and went for a walk through Waterton looking into some of the fun shops. Paying a visit to Lick and Nibble (ice cream shop) and several small pharmacies trying to find some advil. We also went around checking out all the menus in town to find us a good place for dinner.
We decided to dine at another lodge in town. They had a lovely little bar where we had our happy hour. Paralyzers sure are tasty. =) Then had a completely fabulous dinner in their restaurant. Great vanilla chicken. If I can recall then name of the lodge … I will post it.