{"id":5165,"date":"2014-07-12T21:08:29","date_gmt":"2014-07-13T03:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/evilmoose.me\/?p=5165"},"modified":"2014-08-05T22:01:47","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T04:01:47","slug":"mount-assiniboine-redux-day-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/?p=5165","title":{"rendered":"Mount Assiniboine Redux: Day Two"},"content":{"rendered":"

We emerged from our mosquito-proof shelters into the bug-filled utopia outside. <\/p>\n

The day started slowly, as we pretended to be freight cars being towed by various different engines. It’s tricky to walk very quickly when on a narrow trail holding hands.<\/p>\n

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Golden Valley and Valley of the Rocks were as hot and dry as I remembered them, and took just as long, if not longer, than I remembered them taking to walk through.<\/p>\n

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Breaks were frequent though – to climb on rocks, to steal goldfish, to give mosquitos a tasty, tasty dinner….<\/p>\n

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Finally though, the valley started to open up. We were no longer under imminent threat of ambush.<\/p>\n

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And was that? Could it possibly be? It was Lake Og!<\/p>\n

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The distance is much easier to cover when there’s a nice cool lake in sight. There may have even been a little galloping along the trail so we could hurry up and jump in for a swim.<\/p>\n

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The water was perfect.<\/p>\n

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And the breeze by the lake wasn’t too bad either.<\/p>\n

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After Lake Og the Evilmoose Family were on their own until we reached Assiniboine Lodge. This created some challenges in child motivation, as we’d run through most of the entertainment options we could think of by now. <\/p>\n

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Necessity is the mother of invention though – or something like that. And so we were trains, and planes, and helicopters, and animals, and we spent much time discussing cakes and birthdays.<\/p>\n

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There was a stop to climb onto The Rock in the meadow, and then the boy attempted to carry Mama’s pack. “Too heavy!”<\/p>\n

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This trail keeps seeming like it will be over, and then isn’t. But that’s always more likely to happen when you’re travelling at 2km\/hr.<\/p>\n

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But then we reached Assiniboine Lodge! They had a telescope, and cookies, and cold drinks, and everyone else was there, and we were nearly at the campsite! And Lake Magog was JUST THERE! And Mount Assiniboine was JUST THERE!<\/p>\n

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The final walk to the campsite wasn’t too bad – it involved a lot of sticks and bridges, and then once we arrived at camp, the two small people went to play in their mosquito-free haven while we all set up camp again.<\/p>\n

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A few of us headed down to the lake to cook dinner. The boy threw rocks…. and then tried to help filter some water for us. It was a bit tricky for a small boy with small hands. The view from the lake was as gorgeous as ever though, and like last time, we had perfect weather.<\/p>\n

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Hiking distance:<\/strong> 16km
\nDistance covered by small child:<\/strong> 16km plus additional running to and fro and general gallivanting metres
\nFree cookies:<\/strong> One for each of us, courtesy of the lovely people at Assiniboine Lodge who were very impressed by a small boy with big strong legs.
\nThe 2010 version:<\/strong> Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We emerged from our mosquito-proof shelters into the bug-filled utopia outside. The day started slowly, as we pretended to be freight cars being towed by various different engines. It’s tricky to walk very quickly when on a narrow trail holding hands. Golden Valley and Valley of the Rocks were as hot and dry as I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24,1,123,1270,17],"tags":[1495,1494,1491],"class_list":["post-5165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canada","category-general","category-hiking","category-moosling","category-trip-reports","tag-lake-magog","tag-lake-og","tag-mount-assiniboine"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"megan","author_link":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/?author=1"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/images\/20140712-IMG_3004-X2-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["canada<\/a>","general<\/a>","hiking<\/a>","moosling<\/a>","trip reports<\/a>"],"unlinked":["canada<\/span>","general<\/span>","hiking<\/span>","moosling<\/span>","trip reports<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["lake magog<\/a>","lake og<\/a>","mount assiniboine<\/a>"],"unlinked":["lake magog<\/span>","lake og<\/span>","mount assiniboine<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 12 years ago","modified":"Updated 12 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 12.7.2014","modified":"Updated on 5.8.2014"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 12.7.2014 9:08 pm","modified":"Updated on 5.8.2014 10:01 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5165"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5175,"href":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5165\/revisions\/5175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}