The heat has arrived

The heat has arrived
We’ve been very lucky up to now with very moderate to cool temps, but yesterday and today are going to be hot. This morning at 6:40am when I went out to walk I didn’t really need even my sun layer (to keep me warm, but I did need it to keep off the intense sun). Not a cloud in the sky.
Yesterday morning, we headed out after an 8;40 breakfast (I would prefer 8am and Asha would prefer noon, so we compromised) to hike to the US border. The trail is about 4 miles one way and it is lots and lots of ups and downs. It took us about 4 hours to do the 8 miles with one lunch stop and a couple of stop and catch your breath stops. The trail is often out in the sun, but there was some shade, thank goodness). When the trail is low along the water, it is cool, but most of the time it was hot. But, it was cool to get to the US border and see the two posts marking treaties with Canada and just stand for a few minutes enjoying the lake views. The trail offers views of the lake at lake level but also views of the surrounds from higher points. You don’t ever get a 360 view, however. We chatted with some older women who were making a flower inventory of the trail, writing down every single flower they found as they walked. The said they were up to 70 different flowers when we talked with them. This part of Waterton, they explained, had the most flowers in one place, and more diversity then all of Alberta. The wildflowers were beautiful.
We were wiped when we finished but we managed to waddle to the ice cream store (this small town has at least three ice cream stores and one chocolate shop and I haven’t been able to find a bottle of unsweetened tea in Canada yet). The place was packed and slow but I enjoyed my peanut butter shake. Asha wasn’t real fond of her cookies and cream ice cream, stating that the cookies weren’t like in the US. But the prices weren’t bad (which was surprising, given how expensive everything else is in town. Perhaps because there is so much competition!). We made our way back to the car (very slowly) passing many deer along the way, and did the Redrock parkway drive which, I have to say, wasn’t anything special. It led to some hikes which might have been nice, but the views from the parkway mimicked the views from the local roads except for two cases of red rock (nothing like the red rock of Utah). It’s a slow road 50km for 10 miles. Then it was back to the B and B for some rest and recovery and showers.
Dinner was at the Twin Buttes store and café which had been recommended to us by our waitress the night before. I had asked her what the second best restaurant was and where did she go when she wasn’t here. It was also mentioned on some internet sites. It was about 7 miles east of the B and B. It’s just this little dinky road side grocery/café with a very small selection of groceries (mostly candy and potato chips