We slept in til 8:30 or so today since we only had 1 plan, to head out to the Rob Roy mountain 
range and hike up it. It was about an hour drive out there, but a gorgeous ride through the open prairies full of cow and sheep and lined by mountains, water falls everywhere. Most of the road was actually dirt, and only one lane, and there were plenty of areas where you had to actually drive through flowing streams. The one hiccup we had on the way was due to the sheep, they were everywhere. Marlo was driving and a little baby sheep darted out in front of us and she slammed the brakes on but not quick en
ough, we hit the little guy. We were both horrified at first but quickly realized we luckily just grazed his back leg and he quickly jumped up and ran off to his mom, we watched for a while to make sure he was OK and he seemed to be. Lucky day for the little sheep.
The walk itself was about 3 to 4 hours total, the first ½ of it mostly uphill, making the return walk fairly easy and fast. The views were reminders of Yosemite, we winded through massive cliffs with waterfalls pouring off hundreds of feet in the air just to disintegrate into mist ½ way down the fall. Dominating the horizon is the massive glacier, Rob Roy. We ended up hiking right up to a viewing point that felt like you were in an IMAX theater staring at this unreal scenery. It
was so massive that I don’t think any of the pictures I took of it will do it justice. Parts of the ice were breaking away up on the top and causing huge landslides of ice to come tumbling down the mountain side, making bellowing rumbles as it crashed downward. It didn’t look like big slides 
from where we were, but when you heard the noise you realized just how much ice was crashing down the mountain side. Very cool.
Also amazing was that we ran into some Brits at the top of the hike, we’d passed them on the road out here on their bikes. I asked them how long it took them to ride out and they said 3 hours, then the 3 hour hike up, and now they were ready to bike 3 hours back to town. If I see them at the pub tonight I’m buying them a beer.
range and hike up it. It was about an hour drive out there, but a gorgeous ride through the open prairies full of cow and sheep and lined by mountains, water falls everywhere. Most of the road was actually dirt, and only one lane, and there were plenty of areas where you had to actually drive through flowing streams. The one hiccup we had on the way was due to the sheep, they were everywhere. Marlo was driving and a little baby sheep darted out in front of us and she slammed the brakes on but not quick en
ough, we hit the little guy. We were both horrified at first but quickly realized we luckily just grazed his back leg and he quickly jumped up and ran off to his mom, we watched for a while to make sure he was OK and he seemed to be. Lucky day for the little sheep.The walk itself was about 3 to 4 hours total, the first ½ of it mostly uphill, making the return walk fairly easy and fast. The views were reminders of Yosemite, we winded through massive cliffs with waterfalls pouring off hundreds of feet in the air just to disintegrate into mist ½ way down the fall. Dominating the horizon is the massive glacier, Rob Roy. We ended up hiking right up to a viewing point that felt like you were in an IMAX theater staring at this unreal scenery. It
was so massive that I don’t think any of the pictures I took of it will do it justice. Parts of the ice were breaking away up on the top and causing huge landslides of ice to come tumbling down the mountain side, making bellowing rumbles as it crashed downward. It didn’t look like big slides 
from where we were, but when you heard the noise you realized just how much ice was crashing down the mountain side. Very cool.Also amazing was that we ran into some Brits at the top of the hike, we’d passed them on the road out here on their bikes. I asked them how long it took them to ride out and they said 3 hours, then the 3 hour hike up, and now they were ready to bike 3 hours back to town. If I see them at the pub tonight I’m buying them a beer.
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