Saturday, September 17
We were up and on the road early today heading to Waterton Park, Canada’s sister to Glacier. Glacier became a National Park in 1910 and 20 years later it joined with Waterton to become officially Glacier-Waterton International Peace Park as a gesture of goodwill and friendship between the two countries. Who knew?
We had to drive a little further than expected to cross the border because the first crossing didn’t open until 9:00am! The one we took didn’t open until 7:00 so it gave us a chance to watch the sunrise over Montana. 
Next, we traveled on three hours to Calgary.
Waterton is also a hiker’s dream park. There are two roads each about 10 miles long that go into the park and from these roads there are numerous hiking trails that lead to lakes and streams.
We spent about three hours driving through the Canadian Rockies. It was VERY windy and cold so we opted not to hike today.
The Cameron Lake road was lined with huge rocky mountains.
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| gorge and waterfall |
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| Cameron Lake |
Cameron Lake road was also home to the majestic
Prince of Wales Hotel sitting all alone among the mountains.
The Red Rock Canyon road showed more of the grassy plains meeting the mountains. The red rock was visible on several of the cliffs.
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| red rocks of the canyon |
Moving on we drove up rt 6 to Ft.McCloud where we stopped at the Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump Museum. We know, the name sounds awful, however has its origin in Native Tribal lore. It was really a very informative museum situated on the actual site of a known buffalo jump. A thousand years ago the Native North American’s had no modern weapons so they ingeniously lead the buffalo to stampede over this cliff, killing several hundred buffalo at a time. Thus, providing food, clothing, weapons and shelter for several tribes throughout the winter. Archeologists have found evidence dating back 1200 years at his site.
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| jump site |
Next, we traveled on three hours to Calgary.
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