Waterton Lakes-Glacier National Park September 5th and 6th
Leaving Crowsnest Municipality behind on a very cold and
windy morning, we drove to Waterton Lakes Park which is the Canadian side of
Glacier National Park in Montana. This is also known as the Peace Park as the
two countries share it.
We parked the RV at the Visitor Center and took the car
through the park for the morning. It is pretty barren and reminded us a little
of the red rock in Utah. There was a
huge hotel up on a hill overlooking the Upper Waterton Lake and it made quite a
statement.
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| Upper Wharton Lake |
After lunch, we hooked up the car and continued on our
journey across the border back in to the good old U.S.of A! and continued on to Glacier National Park
where we stayed 2 nights in St. Mary’s Campground on the Going to the Sun Road.
We had heard how spectacular Glacier National Park was from
lots of folks, and quite honestly, we were a little disappointed. I think we
have been spoiled this summer seeing all there is to see in Alaska, the Yukon,
and the Ice Fields in Alberta. Also, we have been to Yellowstone, Yosemite and
the Grand Canyon in the past which we found to be more to our liking as well. That being said,
we did enjoy the drive from St. Mary’s
on the east side of the park over the Going to the Sun Road with all its
twists and turns to the Apgar Visitor Center on the west side.
The road was
slow going for all of its rock outcroppings and drop off sidings and was
picturesque for sure. We had lunch and did the return trip..which was a little
more challenging for me, as I was the one on the drop off side of the
road. We crossed the Continental Divide
again and we can’t remember how many times that makes on this trip and our
previous trip out west.
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| Note Road Below |
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