This weekend I dragged Flash on a hike. I have never been on a hike, neither had Flash. So I did some research, picked out a hike I thought would be fun. A coworker of mine asked what I was doing on the weekend and when I told him about hiking he suggested the Canmore Nordic Centre. So, I put my planning aside and decided to try it. I don't know why he suggested it because it's for bikers and it's not scenic. It's basically wide trails through the woods. I started to fear that the day was going to be a write off. Flash is not on outdoors person, he's a city person. He's also impatient so he definitely wasn't impressed that we got early and came out here to waste our time.
We went for lunch in Banff and then I suggested we try to find the trail I had originally picked out, Grotto Creek Trail. Reluctantly Flash agreed.
The majority of the hike was through a dry river bed that cut into the mountain and ended at a small cave. We brought Slone, and even though she was a trooper, the trail was a bit advanced for her and we ended up carrying her for parts of the way there and the entire way back.
It was fun, and beautiful. Flash griped a lot but I think he enjoyed himself toward the end. The next day he even commented about how he would do it again. It's something I wouldn't have done had I not been doing this project. It was a good adventure.
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