On our first full day, we drove to Emerald Lake for a walk. The weather was beautiful and the car park at the lake was busy. The start of the walk around the lake was full of fancy-clad bus tourists, but once we got off the paved section and onto the trail, there were only a few others around. At the far end of the lake, we headed up into one of the valleys - Emerald Basin. The trial went uphill alongside a river and ended where the river could be seen pouring down the rock faces of the mountain ahead.
We were out of the trees in the sun and walked over the rocky moraines and dry river beds to the bottom of the falls. It was a spectacular sight but we were starting to bake in the afternoon heat so headed back down.
By the time we got back to the lake, we were pretty knackered and by the time we got back to the car, we were all staggering a little and Mum was in hobble mode! Back for showers, dinner and bed.
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