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We're in rain, wind and hail today but it looks like it might clear.  When planning these treks we imagine beautiful blue skies and marvellous vistas not cold and gray.  Still, it's beautiful.

This is how we begin day 7.  We wake up at Mary Vaux Campground with five inches of snow covering out tents.  It's gonna be another wet day and at this altitude it's in the form of snow. We considered hunkering down with a good book but decided to breakfast, pack up and head for lower altitudes.

Patrice looks like both of us feel. NOT HAPPY...TOO MUCH RAIN!!

A nice place for dinner anyway.  We do not know that Mary Schaffer Campground, our destination, is only 15 minutes away.  Good to arrive well fed anyway.  That is a lesson Patrice taught me about hiking.  Eat at the time you need to.  My inclination is to push on. Patrice is good for me.

Patrice is persistent and patient with fire making.  As a result we enjoy fires regardless of the wet.  We do not have a tarp. That is something I plan to add.

It's 14 km from Mary Schaffer to our final nite on the trail at Trapper Creek Campground.  It is wet, boggy and miserable.  I'm dehydrated and irritable.

We are packing up at Trappers Creek readying ourselves for a short trip to Maligne Lake.  It is 5 kms.  There is some sadness at the ending of a marvelous adventure. We had not seen Maligne Lake and found it strange to be so civilized after a long wilderness trek.  Sausage in a Blanket, roast beef on thick rye bread and a couple of cold "Big Rock Traditional Ale".  It tastes fantastic.  We agree that we will likely do a trek like this again.  Are we nuts?

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