After 6 months of being in Canada, we have packed up our things and are about to embark on a road trip around Western Canada and Alaska. We have secured ourselves the use of a serviceable VW Kombi van and plan on seeing how far we can get in the next 2 and a half months. After that we will fly home in November for around 6 weeks before heading to Africa for another three months before finally settling back in at home.
In other news, Just over a week ago Robyn was lucky enough be taken with her work to spend 5 days hiking in the Flathead Valley. The Flathead Valley, in the southeast corner of British Columbia’s Rocky Mountains, is one of earth’s most biologically important places. It is the only large unsettled low elevation valley in southern Canada. It was an amazing experience, the highlights being the thousands of wild flowers, the bush bashing as there were no trails most of the time, swimming in a few glacial lakes, being 130km from the closest town and therefore getting to watch lots of space action and shooting stars, walking into the thick forest in the dark all alone to visit the ‘camp trench’, stuffing my face with various edible plants and wild berries and the amazing panoramic views. It’s hard to explain, so hopefully the photos will give you a taste of why this place was so special.
We will try to keep you posted over the next month with stories an photos.
Cheers, Glen and Robyn
A curious elk
Day 1 of the Flathead Valley Hike
Robyn walking through a valley of beautiful wild flowers
The gang at the top of the first pass
The effect of the fire in the 1990’s is still visable
Robyn’s tent on the second night beside a creek
The panoramic view from Grizzly Wide Pass
Coming down after climbing a goat trail over Grizzly Wide Pass
More beautiful wild flowers
One of many pristine lakes along the way
The beast that is our home for the next 2 and a half months!