Day 7: Waterton Lakes National Park, Canada
July 13th, 2007
Our day started at 8am today. We had planned on a shower this mroning prior to heading out but had a chaneg of plans when Scott found that there was a line (4 deep for men, 2 deep for women) for the showers. So instead we bought some snacks at the camp store and headed out.
Going through customs was an interstig experience. They asked us questions such as “Where are you going? How long? Where are you from? What do you do for work?” That last question was kind of weird. They looked at our passports and then let us go on through. We arrived i Waterton Lakes NP around 9:30am. At the visiotr center we got our customary stamps and suggestions for hikes.
Our first stop inthe park was at the Cameron Lake area. We took a hike to a very small lake that was basically not worth the effort. Not only were there tons of bugs but the lake itself was nto very scenic. We then walked along Cameron Lake. This was worth doing althoguh it is completely touristy. The highlight for Kim was getting to eat int he historic Prince of Wales where she was able to have tea in Canada. This hotel is very imperessive and well worth a visit. While we were eating we noticed an elk hanging out oright outsde the dining room. It appears this is a daily thing. Kim had the Calkannon soup which was very delicious.
After taking some pictures of the outsid eof the hotel, we headed over to another waterfall hike. The waterfall wa snice but frustrating for pictures because the viewing platform was int he way if you tried to tkake pictutes forma distance. We mad eit through curtoms again. We were inpressed that the customs agent knew what our license palte meant (SNDVLS1). On our way back into Glacier we foudn out that the Iceberg Trail, whcih we really had wanted to do was closed due to rangers seeing 7 grizzlies on or near the trail.
We arrived back at camp early and We had picked up some firewood so Scott attempted to make a fire ala Survivorman but was unsuccessful. It took some time but we finanlly got a fire going. Scott tried using his flint and matches but neither worked so we had to resort to good ol’ lighter.