Day 49 Waterton National Park,Waterton, Canada Waterton Springs Campground

Captain’s Blog

Tuesday

July 21, 2009

Ron and I have discovered that the National Parks in Canada are quite small compared to those in the U.S. The usual timeframe for getting through a U.S. Park is two – seven days and here more like five hours. We’ll be factoring that in when we visit Banff and Jasper.

Ron took Jewel for a hike before breakfast and found some “fancy grass” he really liked. We don’t know what it is called but its pretty. Jewel is finally getting some hiking in because dogs are allowed on the trails in Canada.

We toured Waterton National Park starting with a hike in the Red Rock Canyon. The Canyon has been formed by the force of the water running through it.

Immediately after completing the canyon hike we hiked to Blakiston Falls another beautiful waterfall to add to our list of waterfalls visited.

Then we headed out to the Akamina Parkway and stopped for lunch at Cameron Lake. The water was a deep turquoise blue and the snow-covered mountains were the perfect backdrop.

We then hiked to Akamina Lake a small pristine lake with some fly fishermen enjoying the quiet and solitude. That is until a young family came along screaming and yelling to scare away a possible bear.

The entire road trip around the park including hikes and lunch took five hours. Quite a difference from our long days at Yellowstone. Since we would not be allowed back into the park after 4 PM (our entrance fee expired then) we decided to stop along the shores of Lake Waterton and enjoy the views. While there we spotted four Elk across the lake that were enjoying the foliage and water. They were huge beautiful animals.

We then stopped at Blakinston Creek where Ron dipped his feet into the cold glacial waters. The area was beautiful and except for the bubbling creek very quiet.

By the way, Ron found out the name of the flowers he loves Gaillardia.

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Back at the MH I made dinner, washed clothes, cut Ron’s hair, gave Jewel a bath and haircut and dyed my hair. Ron planned our trip to Banff tomorrow and then it was off to bed.