Day 32: The Lost Day

Post date: Aug 12, 2012 2:17:51 AM

We packed up and left for the Glaciers today, but about five minutes away from the campground our trailer blew a tire. Fortunately, we had a spare. Unfortunately, the bolts were so tight we couldn't get the flat tire off the trailer. I hiked back to the ranger station with Elsie to call CAA and the boys waited at the car with their dad. About an hour or so later, the tow truck arrived. Unfortunately, he couldn't tow the trailer so we had to wait another forty minutes for the flat-bed. Then, we went to the garage and sat in the car for a few more hours, waiting for them to get the tire off and replace it with our spare.

Fortunately, Grampa thoughtfully made us a new cd to listen to in the car which really keeps the kids entertained. Unfortunately, it has ten different versions of the same song on it. The song is Old Dan Tucker. The children love it and have listened to the cd at least forty times. You can imagine how Kurtis and I feel about it.

We did make it to the icefields by around six o clock. We did a short hike to the Toe of the Athabasca which was covered in signs about children falling to their deaths down icy crevasses. We quickly left.

But our evening and our breakfast were glorious. The campground was breathtaking. It was so incredible to sit at our picnic table staring out at the mountains and the alpine meadows. Indescribable, really. You'll have to wait for pictures.