On Wednesday morning we still hadn’t heard any good news from our house-sitter, but once again, I figured someone had found Riesling and would bring her into a local vet’s office or the shelter. She is chipped and I had already contacted the rescue we got her from in case the information was old.

So, we stuck with our original plan and after a filling egg, ham and cheese panini each for breakfast at the hotel, we packed up the car and headed north toward Field. Our first stop at the Spiral Tunnel lookout was a bit of a bust as haze really prevented a good view of the train tracks. A better stop was the Meeting of the Waters lookout for some views of the rapids.

The Takakkaw Falls area in YoHo NP was very busy, and you can see (and hear) the falls easily from the parking lot. We got our photographs and then lost the crowds on the 10km RT hike to Laughing Falls, passing Angel’s Staircase Falls (barely flowing) and Point Lace Falls on the way.

At this point we both admitted that we were worried sick over Riesling and weren’t wholly enjoying ourselves. So, once we got back to the parking lot and there was still no news, we headed to our B&B in Field and booked tickets home for the next day, cutting our trip short by two days. We also put the word out on Facebook and called our parents to let them know the bad news.

Knowing that we were going home to take up the search ourselves put us in a slightly better mood (we still held out hope that she would be found before we got home). Thankfully, the B&B owners were understanding and didn’t hold us to the two night minimum.

We had the best dinner of the trip that night at Truffle Pig.  I had spinach fettuccine with red-wine soaked figs, arugula, goat cheese and pancetta paired with a glass of pink bubbly. Eric had a local apple cider and pork picatta with black pepper spatzle, green beans and olive tapenade. Both the service and setting were lovely. Highly recommended.