A Stroll around Glenmore Reservoir

After planning to take this walk on a number of occasions in the past, we eventually got round to it yesterday while the sun was shining and the mercury was up to 32c!  With Domino in toe and a couple of bottles of water, we set off at about 14:30, expecting to be back by approx' 16:30 as we'd been informed it was about 11km for the loop.

The view as we set off from South Glenmore Park (approx' 10 mins drive from our house):

 

Some of the inquisitive locals we encountered.

Domino cooling of in the Elbow River on the west side of the reservoir.  The water was pretty cold, even though the weather has been hot here for a while now.  This is obviously because it comes from the mountains which in places are still snow covered and with Calgary being 0ver 3500ft above sea level, the water doesn't have long to warm up.  Very refreshing for all 3 of us though!

Not the best picture as we had to scramble to get the camera out, by which time the eagle had got further away after initially passing directly over our heads at out 50ft up!  Fascinating to see these impressive birds of prey!

Domino admiring the view from the area around North Glenmore Park (approximately half way round for us).  This shows the Elbow River meandering into the West side of the reservoir which is quite stunning.

Me and Domino having a well deserved breather before setting off on the rest of the walk.

By this time we had to refill our water bottles as we'd drank the two we were carrying due to the heat.  Once we'd got about 11km into the walk (that's right, not back at the car yet), Domino was limping quite badly as she'd hurt her front leg, so, as Sophie was determined to complete the walk, I stayed with Domino on a nice patch of grass while Sophie walked the final 3km back to the car and came to pick up the wounded soldiers!!  It was further than we thought and due to a few stops along the way, Sophie didn't get back to the car until 18:15 after a great day out.