View of Prince of Wales Hotel in Waterton from Bear Hump trail
Susan, Julie, Tom and Mimi as a pioneer family
Muddy racer from Trans Rockies event
Pat, Tom, Julie and Don at Lost LakeFernie
Our last two weeks in Fernie were filled with hikes and trips with friends. Mimi led the group on a tour of Waterton NP. Mimi and Susan left after a week, but Julie and Tom stayed for another week. Pat, Tom and Julie climbed Castle Mountain and also reached the Microwave Towers on the ridge behind Fernie. The Trans Rockies mountain bike race started in Fernie and in the first race the riders also climbed Castle Mt on some very muddy trails.
Butte
I visited Butte, MT in 1972 on my first cross country trip. It was the nastiest city I had ever seen. I gave it the nickname “Armpit of the Country”. In thirty eight years of travel I never found another city (of course, I don’t go looking for ugly cities) to defeat the title holder. Recently, I started to hear good things about Butte. I didn’t believe what I heard so I wanted to check it out myself. We decided we would start with a city bus tour, but the tour bus was booked for a wedding party, so we took a walking tour. There was a nature trail right outside the Visitor Center, with a nice clean stream running alongside it. The water was actually clear! We headed into town and visited many of the historical buildings in the town. The city had come a long way in cleaning itself up. I guess I’ll have to replace Butte with Huntington, WV or Newark, NJ as the new “Armpit of the Country”. If you have other nominees, let me know.
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