MUNGO EATS Latin America

We have been back in Calgary for almost a month, and embarrassingly, for the first time since we returned, we went out to the mountains.  I know, I know, I wrote many, many times about how I love the mountains, how I missed “my mountains”, and it still took us a WHOLE month, to find the time to visit them. 

I am not sure what I can say in my defence.  There always seemed to be something else we needed to do, or the weather was not good.  Finally, all the stars were aligned just perfectly, the sun was shining, we didn’t have any pressing business, so we were off.

I love the Rockies, but when I speak of “my mountains”, what I really mean are the mountains of the Ghost River valley, north west of Cochrane, up the forestry trunk road.  Kevin and I have been visiting this valley for the past 20 years, and I can say, without a shadow of a doubt, that this is my favourite place on earth!!!  No other place makes me quite as happy as this area.  Let me explain, that the river, although beautiful, is likely not the MOST beautiful waterway on earth.  Because the river is routed towards Lake Minnewanka for the production of hydroelectricity, there are a lot of gravel berms, and such.  But, what the river lacks, the mountains more than make up for. 

The mountains in this area rise up from nowhere.  These are the front ranges, and their beauty affects me every time that I see them.  I have to tell you that today, I was nearly moved to tears….I really missed this place.  Unfortunately, I forgot my camera.  I am not sure how.  It was all loaded up with fresh batteries and empty memory cards, and then it was forgotten on the kitchen counter.  I therefore have no pictures from today’s excursion.  However, I have many, many photos from the Ghost, and so I am going to dip into the archives to show you this incredible place.  You will see the kids looking a little young, and Mungo might look “de-aged”, but try to look past this to the beauty of the area. 

Mungo was beside himself today.  He got to run, off-leash, in a wonderful forest for hours and hours.  Tonight he is curled up on the couch, threatening to sleep for the next three days.

One of the most wonderful things about the Ghost area, are the sheer cliff that top nearly all the peaks.

Between peaks, in nearly every drainage, lurks a hidden waterfall.  All you have to do is pick a drainage, and you are sure to be rewarded every time.  We hadn’t been up the drainage we visited today for quite a while, and I had sort of forgotten what the fall was like.  I was surprised to find not only one fall, but two!  Amazing!!

This truly must be heaven on earth!