Day 19

Day 19

Avalanche Lake

The sun was shining! After stopping at the visitor center for some info and another stamp in our passports we were off to the campground to claim our site for the night. We set up camp and packed a lunch to take with us on our hike to Avalanche Lake. It was a nice gentlte up hill to a beautiful clearing and a bight teal lake at the bottom of the mountains with lots of waterfalls cascading down. As we arrived some people pointed us in the direction of a moose relaxing in the grass on the otherside of the lake. We settled down on a rock with a beautiful view for lunch.








After lunch David went exploring the banks of the lake while Lauren soaked up the sun on the rock. On our way back down the trail we were greeted by a small deer walking right up the trail towards us.

Back at camp we decided today was the day we would make our first camp fire and of course some s'mores. We drove to the general store to buy some over priced supplies. After dinner we began to build our fire. Our first attempt resulted in smoking logs with no real flame. We tried a few other things that were unsuccessful so we went to chat with the campground host. We borrowed a hatchet and a few pieces of kindling. Lauren attempted to cut the wood into smaller pieces which took quite a long time but she was able to do it, not before cutting the tip of her finger however. Attempt number two was a success and the first round of marshmallows were toasted, but as David went to put another log he bumped the "teepee" and the fire went out almost as quickly as it had started. We had one more log so we decided to give it one last try. This time we had fire until it was bed time.