Day 33 - May 23 OUR NWT LAST HURRAH

Today is our final day in the Northwest Territories. It has been a glorious adventure and today is extraordinary for us because for once the weather is not clear blue sky perfect. As a matter of fact, it rained on and off through most of the day. The Car Play GPS was miserably wrong in locating the falls we were looking for, missed it by about 30 kilometres. We backtracked and located it pretty easily. A short hike in took us to a stunning view indeed.

Alexandra Falls is a 32 metre waterfall on the Hay River about 60 kilometres south of the town of Hay River. Two whitewater kayakers have successfully gone over the falls in kayaks though today would have added an extra challenge as the falls is excessively poopy from the silty winter melt.

Downstream the canyon is pretty remarkable too!

We were talking to a guy who had been a CBC cameraman for forty years. I thought that was very cool until I handed him my phone and asked him to take our photo. He confirmed with me that what he saw in the square viewfinder was what would be in the picture.  😅

The canyon opened up as we headed back to Hay River. Oddly we saw a few views we had missed yesterday on the way in, along this same road.

The original site of the town lies a few kilometres north. It is not officially acknowledged as Old Town but certain very interesting aspects lead me to believe it should be. In particular a couple of transportation relics remain in informal graveyards. Boats and planes lie in varying stages of ruin in their proper locations of shipyard and airport.

Finally, a mural, almost a bas relief on the outside facing of the Soaring Eagle Friendship Centre was a fitting conclusion to our visit. Tomorrow is exactly one week away from our return to reality, just 6 more days of travel and adventure. Stay with us...it's not over yet.

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