There were two reasons not to cycle to the top:
first of all, my boss is soooooooooooo out of shape, and secondly she does not
dare to cycle alone early in the morning (those big animals). Luckily the park
has a new system: they shuttle hikers up! And guess what – even a bicycle can
go on the little van. The big busses go only as far as avalanche creek. There
you have to transfer to a smaller van. The driver was a very friendly and very
talkative woman who had retired from the army serving intelligence in Germany.
My boss got the front seat next to her – so she got to know a lot. It was
probably the first time we ever drove the Going-To-The-Sun road. Even that’s an
experience: the right side of the car is so close to the drop off. In 12 miles
we climb 3000 ft along this road which has only one switchback. Bicycles have
to be at the top by 11 am. They are allowed to go down anytime! As we neared
the pass, we saw mountain goats jumping around. The plan is something to be
changed and that’s what happened again: there was still so much snow that it
was impossible to hike to Hidden Lake.
Just a couple of days ago a Park Ranger slid down a slope while she was clearing some parts of a trail. We did walk for a kilometer until the grade became too steep: my boss was wearing sneakers, which make a perfect board to slide on! After spending some time at the top it was time to climb on the Sweet Machine and head down.
We did miss that little bit of enthusiasm – we didn’t actually deserve to cycle down. But still, this was better than going down in a van. At least my boss had some cycling to do – once at the bottom of the alley, next to Mc. Donald creek.
Just a couple of days ago a Park Ranger slid down a slope while she was clearing some parts of a trail. We did walk for a kilometer until the grade became too steep: my boss was wearing sneakers, which make a perfect board to slide on! After spending some time at the top it was time to climb on the Sweet Machine and head down.
We did miss that little bit of enthusiasm – we didn’t actually deserve to cycle down. But still, this was better than going down in a van. At least my boss had some cycling to do – once at the bottom of the alley, next to Mc. Donald creek.
Amai, sneeuw .... wij dromen al terug van het skiën. Laura en ik waren net aan het lezen en ze had wel plezier, ze is vooral verzot op je knuffel... ik moest even denken aan het trappen op de schaduwen,... leuk he om tevreden te zijn met simpele dingen. Wij genieten van je verhalen en het vertalen valt nog mee opeen paar zaken na maar dat kan jij dan vertellen als je terug bent. Veel plezier en geniet van de mooie momenten.
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