Nice Visit to Waterton National PArk

August 23 – We had an outing planned for mid-afternoon so we didn’t rush around at all this morning.  I spent most of my time catching up on my CC receipts and checking them off of the statements.  I was way behind but did get caught up.  I sent a message thru my medical portal  and hope to hear back tomorrow.  Bill wanted me to sew some velcro on a jacket of his so I got that done. 

We had some lunch then showered and drove the short distant to Waterton Lake National Park.  It cost $21 canadian for the 2 of us to get into the park.  Bill has wanted to go here for many years.  Not that the park is go great but as you approach you see the Prince of Wales Resort Hotel sitting on the top of a hill with the background of the lake.  It’s a gorgeous building that was build in 1927.  The inside looks very much like the resorts in Yellowstone and Glacier because they were all built by the railroad company. 

We went past the resort into the small town where we visited almost every shop in town after some time in the Visitor Center.  Bill tried to make a deal to get one of the young guys that worked there to sell him his park cap.  That didn’t happen!  We also saw a female deer in a yard so we stopped to get a photo and then Bill was ready to pull away and I stopped him as a baby deer was right at the passenger headlight.  Bill was looking at the mother and we both didn’t see the baby, but it was fine!

I think Bill only bought a magnet and a decal today.  We drove over to the side of the lake where the docks are and there was a group departing the tour boat and a line waiting to get on.  We discussed going but then it’s a boat to no where, just around in the lake but you could see the Prince of Wales form the water and that would have been cool.

We had a dinner reservation at the Prince of Wales and were a bit early so we went to the bar and got a table for 2 and beverages and we could see out on the lake.  It was peaceful and beautiful.  When our reservation time arrived we headed across the giant hall to the dining room and were seated next to a mom and her daughter.  They were just up from St. Mary’s, which is where we go from here.  The dad forgot his passport and had to stay in St. Mary, MT so the ladies drove up to see the resort and have dinner.  They are on their way to Oregon to get her settled in for her first year of college.  Nice people from SC.  Their son is out there as well so at least they will see him as well.

We thoroughly enjoyed our meals.  Bill had bison steak with veggies and I had Elk Ragout.  We both enjoyed our meals and Bill wanted to taste my Ragout.  He said he wished he had ordered that but he isn’t one to take a chance.  It was a delicious meal and nice folks to chat with.

When it was time to head out the rain stopped and 2 beautiful rainbows popped out.  I did my best to get some good shots.  One was so brilliant.  We got to see them all the way to the campground.  Nice!

The couple that was trying to back in their big 5^th wheel when we left was parked and we didn’t see them outside.  We didn’t get to go over and visit the couple in the caravan that we met last night, but maybe they don’t leave tomorrow, who knows.

We had the rest of our rhubarb for dessert and then Bill headed to bed.  He didn’t sleep well last night so maybe if he gets a head start he will do better.