August 25 - Cameron Falls, Cameron Lake

along the lakeshore (Waterton Lake) walk

Cameron Lake - about a 10 mile drive from the campground

Cameron Falls - an easy walk from the campground

We took a nice walk (about an hour) this morning to Cameron Falls and then along Waterton Lake. Then after a snack for lunch, we went to Cameron Lake and walked the 1.9 mile trail along the lake shore. With stops for photos, it took about an hour and a half. Cameron Falls is just on the other side of the campground. The campground has paved trails along the lake and to Cameron Lake.
The wildflowers were nice along the Cameron Lake trail. They are pretty spent elsewhere. Last year, we were here earlier, and the wildflowers were the most beautiful I have ever seen and so thick – EVERYWHERE! We did not see any cougars or grizzlies. There are signs posted about it being berry season, and the grizzlies are active in the area.
Phil's back was a little better today, which gives us hope. He hurt it when he was hooking up the sewer connection (in the middle of the site) earlier in the week. We are in hopes that that injury is healing. As I have said before, we take it one day at a time. If we need to leave for home, we will with no regrets. We feel so blessed to have been able to visit the beautiful places we have seen or revisited this year.
Our son is working in Charlottesville, VA, this week and is supposed to stay through the weekend because the hospital where he is installing patient monitoring systems is brand new, and the move is being made this weekend. This week's big earthquake's epicenter was 27 miles from him. Now it looks like he will have to be concerned about the hurricane and 100 mph winds this weekend. We are praying all our children (and my parents, sister, her husband, brothers and their families) will be safe. We will probably not have internet again until we leave here Sunday and get back into the U.S.A. To know the hurricane's path.

There is a cafe here that gives two hours of very slow internet with a purchase. We ate lunch there Wed. and are eating breakfast to post this. It took an hour and a half of the two hours to download the photos I put on FaceBook Wed. I won't make that mistake again! I barely got to check my mail and children's FaceBook entries and photos before my time was up! I will wait until we get to Great Falls, MT, on Sunday to download photos, probably!