The last day at Waterton had three things on our agenda. It was very windy again and hot (well, hot for here – 82 degrees and low humidity – but hot in the sun). We did our walk this morning and got some last shoreline photos and got Phil's back loosened up. We rode to the Prince of Wales Hotel and took some nice shots of Waterton and the lake. The hotel sits up high and overlooks Waterton township and the upper Waterton Lake. The views on this sunny day from there were wonderful. The lake really showed its colors, too. We went into the hotel lobby and to their giftshop where I got the grands some fossils. I got the girls necklaces with a slice of a fossil, and the boys fossils. We got them t-shirts last year. Phil did not think they were overly excited about them, so I decided to try something different. I hope they like them.
Then we rode to the bison paddock where they keep a small herd of descendants of some of the original Great Plains herd. We saw seven.... It must be a very small herd! When we got back, we went to Pat's, the only gas station in town, and got about six gallons of gas at $1.25 a liter.
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| Took this on our last morning's shoreline walk |
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| The view from the Prince of Wales Hotel bluff |
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| The view from inside the lobby and even some restaurant/high tea tables |
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| The entrance side of the Prince of Wales Hotel |
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| View from bluff at Prince of Wales looking down on Waterton township |
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| zoomed in on the marina and township |
Phil was hungry for some pizza, so we walked around town and went to the pizza place. The pizza was very good. Then we went and got a saskatoon ice cream cone to share. THEN, we went to the chocolate shop and got a piece of saskatoon pie and a thing called a grizzly. It is a baked apple covered in crust and caramel and icing drizzled on it. We will share the piece of pie tonight and then share the grizzly tomorrow. I guess you could say we pretty much ate our way through town today.
We have enjoyed our week at Waterton. The only thing we did not do was go back to Cameron Lake and walk the Stinnet Lake trail. There was so much traffic in town today and it is a good ride to Cameron Lake. Phil said it would be nearly impossible to get a park. Then we agreed that we both are kind of pooped today. We have a lot to do to get ready to travel tomorrow morning to Great Falls, MT. There we will have to grocery shop AND do three weeks of laundry!!!!!! The frig is just about empty. Phil would like to get it all done tomorrow and only stay one night in Great Falls. We shall see....
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