from last night.... (no wifi at the Y)
Tomorrow I head out and south. Tentatively a lunch stop at Whitefish. Due to the teeming humanity, I skipped the interpretive portion of the glacier center (well, the tour-guides offered some info). So perhaps I'll catch some in Whitefish. Some cool stats though, Canada has some 35% of the world's supply of fresh water. Some of those scraggly trees were 300-700 years old! Saw the headwaters of the Columbia and much of the water for the western US, it was a wee little waterfall. Someone said it was the most 'hydro-dammed' water system with some 17 man-made lake/hydro plants. They rattle off some other stat about all the fresh water for Canada and US originating up in these mountains but I was a little confused. Coming up along the highway though, one could tell when the turquoise waters were flowing west in contrast to the ones flowing east. Apparently it takes 50 years for the waters to make it from the thaw to the ocean. I get an attaboy from our guide when I decline the paper pamphlet at the end of the tour. and hopefully by nightfall, Missoula. Tonight though, it is laundry time again.
Tomorrow I head out and south. Tentatively a lunch stop at Whitefish. Due to the teeming humanity, I skipped the interpretive portion of the glacier center (well, the tour-guides offered some info). So perhaps I'll catch some in Whitefish. Some cool stats though, Canada has some 35% of the world's supply of fresh water. Some of those scraggly trees were 300-700 years old! Saw the headwaters of the Columbia and much of the water for the western US, it was a wee little waterfall. Someone said it was the most 'hydro-dammed' water system with some 17 man-made lake/hydro plants. They rattle off some other stat about all the fresh water for Canada and US originating up in these mountains but I was a little confused. Coming up along the highway though, one could tell when the turquoise waters were flowing west in contrast to the ones flowing east. Apparently it takes 50 years for the waters to make it from the thaw to the ocean. I get an attaboy from our guide when I decline the paper pamphlet at the end of the tour. and hopefully by nightfall, Missoula. Tonight though, it is laundry time again.
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