Day 9 - Wednesday, September 25

Our cabin is oh so quiet and comfortable. I'm totally spoiled now - hotel rooms are going to be so noisy.  😊  It was overcast so I couldn't catch a sunrise but the clouds began to clear and who could ask for a better start to your day after a rainy night.

We had a relaxed morning walking around the ranch. Almost all the horses were out on the trail but this guy walked up to greet us.

We spent the better part of the rest of the day chasing history that I'm afraid has sadly disappeared. At least the highways are in great shape with almost no one on them. This one's for you Rita.

The town of Hinton in the foothills of the Rockies is a very pleasant sight.

The history we were chasing was a stone Cairn memorial placed at the site of the 1986 Rail Disaster. No one knew where it was, many did not know it ever existed and a few people had never even heard of the disaster...and these were people who work in a railway museum (housed in the original Hinton station) and the Visitors Centre. How does this happen? It is such a sad shame that this is lost. This is the nearest we could find given our knowledge of the event. There was no sign of the cairn anywhere, I guess a lot can happen in 38 years.   😢 

All in all, even with the setback, it was a wonderful day. Return to the homestead for a BBQ dinner. Doesn't get any better than that!  😎