Breakfast again was in the room. None of these places included breakfast at the lodges/hotels. Today we are going to the Malign Canyon which has of course the canyon, but also some points of viewing that are scenic. Then a Valley of Five Lakes hike.
We did not do the entire hike of the Malign hike. Instead we drove to the various bridges starting from bridge 5. The canyon itself was deep.
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| Malign Canyon |
The drive to Medicine lake was nice but we could see the burnt forest. It was sad. The lake looked as if it had a hair cut! It must look beautiful with all the trees around it. We have to wait years to see that again.
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| Medicine Lake |
Then we drove to Malign Lake. (Just a note: all these lakes start looking alike and more beautiful than the one before!). I am glad I took photos of the names otherwise I would have forgotten! There were many people here, boating, kayaking, pincnicking. It was a nice atmosphere. We hiked about 1 mile to a scenic point.
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| Malign Lake |
Then it was to the hike. Now this is a 5 mile hike all around. Until about 3 miles there is no lake, then they start coming one by one. So be patient, and walk carefully. There is no boardwalk or anything. There is a sort of "walked on" trail that guides where to go. I did fall down here! Darn - again! But was okay. No pains at all. First we thought we (Bhaiya, my nephews and I), that we will come back after the first one, but no point as the walk back is as long as going all the way around. Boy I was tired after this one!! The lovely thing about these five lakes is that they are all green and just pristine.
Stopped for some dinner (some poutine - Canadian dish - french fries with some sauce on it) at Jasper and went to the hotel to rest up a bit. Came to see the sunset at one of the lakes, but there were too many mosquitos to enjoy, so we kind of left early.
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