Mont Tremblant: my first national park

Hi,
I've waited a long time for this day :)
The reason why I came to Canada was for the nature and of course there National Parks.
Now I did my first one in Quebec, cause I really wanted to do one on this site, before later on my travel doing the big ones on the other side of the country.

I've found a shuttle who did Montreal - Mont Tremblant and booked myself a ticket :)
We left from downtown at 8am with a typical yellow schoolbus! Also a first for me :)
Ones out of the city you had amazing views and the closer we got, you saw the mountains and ski lifts for the winter. A lot of lakes also ones we got close.
They dropped us of at Lake Monroe and we got a map and a reminder to be back at 3.45pm to go back to the city.
First stop to the bathroom and then get some info on the trails.
I went with the 'La roche' trail, cause ones on top you would have an amazing view of the lake and the mountains. Of course that meant a hike going way up :)
I've heard that in this park they still had wolves and it was also home to the black bear.
On one side I wanted to see a bear (from a safe distant), but sadly I haven't saw one :(
Going up was hard, especially ones halfway. It went up really steep and I wasn't the only one having some trouble and in need of some breaks. At a point you don't even notice the nice nature around you, it was that bad.... But it was all worth it in the end, ones you get at the lookout point you forget the pain :)
The view is just amazing...The lake, the mountains, the nature... Perfect!
I took a break and had some lunch while enjoying the view up there.
A little squirrel tried to get in my bag for food, the cutie :)
Ones I took in this beautiful view I started to go down again.
I took my time to take some pictures and enjoy more of the nature, some small waterfalls and I saw a deer :) The only big animal I saw up there, but still beautiful to see :)
Ones back down I went to fill up my water bottle.
I walked a bit around the lake and enjoyed the view.
There was a dock with some chairs on and I took a break there to look over the lake.
Ones more people came on the dock I saw one a bit further with a small beach, so I decided to go check it out. There were no chairs here, but a canoe with paintings on. Looked like one of the First Nations, really nice. I sad a bit on the dock to enjoy the view some more. Can't get enough of that view. While I sat there I knew this is why I came to Canada, to enjoy views and nature like this.
After a nice day it was time to get back to the city :(

This was one of my favorite days so far in Canada :)
Love,
Sarah