Kanatal receives high amount of snow between Nov and March but in June it was blooming with hundreds of wildflower species and various kinds of trees. We checked into a room on the first floor and set about checking the place. The Terrace has indoor game facilities to keep you entertained. We shortly walked out on the road to explore the surroundings. We also drove to see the way to a nearby wildlife sanctuary but the locals stopped me at the mouth of the road warning me about the condition of the kachha road. We turned back and stayed content with stopping by a small tea shop near a cliff and enjoying hot, steaming tea. As the evening progressed, the temperature dropped sharply and soon it was really chilly.
We decided to drive further the next day and drove back to Chamba and thereon to the Tehri Hydroelectric project (then under construction). Many years ago, my father had been involved in the project and so we happened to know a lot about it. We drove down the Tehri valley and then up again, alongside the river. We soon came across a fantastic sight � a deserted Old Tehri town, visible from the road, about 2000 ft below. It was barricaded and no one was allowed to go near it as the D-day for releasing the water that was to inundate it was approaching. We slowly drove past the old town on our way to New Tehri (pronounced �Netree�) by a man we asked directions. The new town had uncharacteristic multi-floor buildings and apartments. After a day of interesting sights, we reached our Kanatal hotel and spent the evening around a nice bonfire. Our dinner was also served neat the fire, in the open.
Day Four was checkout day and we immediately set upon the Mussoorie road. After crossing Dhanaulti on the way, we entered Mussoorie town, stopped for short while to shop for sweaters and went on to Dehradun, Chhutmalpur, Roorkee, Muzaffarnagar, Meerut and home by 11 in the night
