Great Divide Day 1

So we dropped off the horses at Etherington Creek and drove my car back to Cat Creek to park for the 7 days, and took the van back to the horses. The circles represent the trail the wagons took, while the lines represent the trail we took. The wagons were at camp long before us and set up and got ready for supper. When we got to camp they showed us how the tents went up and from then on it was our responsibility. All through the week it rained on and off. But we were lucky that most of the rain occurred at nite when we were sleeping. Somehow it cleared off when it came time to hit the trail, which usually happened about 10 am.The wranglers fed the horses horse feed and give them hay which was stored there previously. They looked after them very well. They always groomed them before they saddled them up as well.

It was interesting to find out who was on the ride and why they came etc. A lady Veterinarian from New York State; two from Washington DC; two from Calgary (not including me);a Dad and daughter from Cold Lake;a Mom and daughter from Markham Ontario; plus a Dad Wrangler that brought his 10 year old daughter along for the first three days. Dewy Mathews and his wife Jan (the owners of Anchor D) brought their daughter and son with them for the first couple of days. There were various wranglers that showed up after day 2...usually we had at least three on each trip. One wrangler was from Australia and was on his last ride before going on a European vacation. Another wrangler was from Meadow Lake Sask. and appeared to know just where to look to find BEARS and Elk and Moose!
Dewy Entertained us with his accordion playing after supper. I think he could play everything!