On Friday the 24th we had planned on going into Canada to visit the Waterton Lakes National Park, but when we woke up the weather was like this: 58 degrees, light rain and winds in the low 20’s with gusts in the 30 MPH range. Guess it’s a good day to catch up on the Blog and play a new dice game called 10,000 that Chuck and Lorraine taught us this summer.
By noon the weather had gotten better but the wind was still blowing hard so we decided to stay another night and will go into Canada tomorrow.
Our adventure today is to ride into Alberta, Canada to visit the Waterton Lakes National Park. This park borders Glacier National Park on the north side. The Canadians were ahead of us in protecting this area by establishing their park in 1895. We established Glacier in 1910. In 1932 Glacier and Waterton were designated as the world’s first International Peace Park.
With Sandy sitting right behind me she does not get to see straight ahead, but gets a pretty good view of the back of my helmet. I just hope she doesn't attach a mirror back there.
By leaning to the side a little the view gets a little better.
But she sure gets a panoramic view to the sides and with most roads curving she does not miss anything. About 90% of the pictures on this trip where taken from the back seat so she sure does a great job. I’m thinking of hiring us out as motorcycle driver and photographer for the marathon races like they show on TV.
I missed the road that would take us directly to the park and ended up going to Cardston, Alberta before turning back west to get to the park. This route took us into more of a flat farming area before we got back into the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
We saw this Black Bear not too long after we entered the park. It was just meandering along a brush line eating berries.
The Prince of Wales Hotel looks as if it would be a nice place to stay.
Cameron Lake is at the end of one of the two roads in the park. It has non- motorized watercraft available for rent or you can bring your own.
The mountain at the end of Cameron Lake is in the US, Glacier National Park.
A couple of Hobie kayaks getting ready to hit the lake with their little dog eagerly awaiting the ride.
Most of the streams are flowing pretty sedately at this time of year.
And some of the tourists are moving the same.
The front of this house in Waterton has some unusual architectural accents.
A nice wavy road to ride on into the mountains.
On our way out to Red Rock Canyon we came across this mother Grizzly with one cub that we could see. The cub is right behind her in the second picture.
Until next time,
Dave and Sandy
1 comment:
Hi guys, really enjoying your blog and great pictures. We loved canoing on Lake Cameron last year when there were still ice floes on the lake.
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