Waterton National Park

Sun 11 Sept. Two words for Waterton National Park - windy and in love - I suppose that's three. But what a beautiful place, I think because it's a lot smaller and less touristy than Banff or Jasper, we both felt so relaxed and in holiday mode here. But is it ever windy, and apparently it's like that most of the time because the wind funnels between the mountains and down the 11 km long lake. So we drove from our overnight spot, which also was very windy through more grasslands (or prairies) terrain which was now dotted with large windmill generators, until the prairies meets the mountains at the start of the park. We then followed a sign to the bison paddock and drove around that stopping to observe the small herd of bison. It's sad that at the entry they had to have a sign saying firearms prohibited - to think people would come to shoot these mighty animals for their own glory, especially when they are trying to bring them back from earlier desecration back in the late 1800s, when they roamed the lands in great numbers. Got to Waterton village and got the hiking information from the visitor centre (which I got a bit annoyed with after, as I asked for hike recommendations of up to 8 hrs longs, he pointed out some 2 to 3 hr hikes, and none of the longer harder ones - what did he think we were too old!!!). Got a spot in the town campground and then went for an explore of the area and village. Found a few of the shops had notices on there windows about the Waterton Triple Crown of Hikes to do, was definitely planning on doing one of them, now got the challenge of doing all three, starting with the first one tomorrow - yay looking forward to getting out there again after a few days off. Steps V 13060Read more