Day 19

Chief Mountain

We left Glacier NP yesterday about 8:45am and headed north.  Once north of Many Glacier access road, it was all new territory for us.  We turned on to Chief Mountain Highway for scenery and to cross the US-Canada border.  We had seen Chief Mountain more than 120 miles from the east as we approached Glacier NP on June 22 and the boys had seen it from the deck on the back of the MOHAB headquarters, more than 120 miles south.  It is a spectacular sight.   We crossed into Canada just north of there and had no issues at all.  Spent about 15 minutes answering a few questions and they did a quick search of the truck for any contraband.  They forgot to hand us our passports but we caught that before leaving the parking area.  They were a little embarrassed.   We had a long descent into the Waterton Park area and again were greeted with some spectacular scenery.  We are camped at the Waterton Townsite CG with a site in partial shade and next to the lake.  Pure chance selection and we are not complaining.  The only downside is that there are ground squirrels throughout the camp ground so we put Sparky to work while eating outside by keeping him tethered to the table.  The squirrels did a lot of complaining but he couldn’t hear them and was content to lay in the shade.  Since the campground is in the town, it is an easy hike to the different shops and to the marina.  On our walk around town, we made a short side trip to the falls here.   We scheduled a boat tour to Goat Haunt, in Montana, for Thursday evening.  Almost three hours roundtrip.  As it is an evening cruise, we hope to see some wildlife on the shoreline.









Today, we did a couple of sightseeing trips in the park to Red Rock Canyon and Akamina Parkway.  Both about 15km drives, we are still getting used to using the metric system of distance and speed.  Both very worth the time and spectacular mountain scenery.  At Red Rock Canyon, we did a 1km hike up to see the falls which the park service has made accessible with some very fancy platforms for viewing.  We came back to camp and took it easy this afternoon but are looking forward to an evening talk in the Prince of Wales Hotel overlooking the lake.



Lots of people interested in our trip as we talk to new aquaintances along the way.  Some have been to some of the areas and have lots of suggestions as to what to see and do.  Unfortunately, too many things to do and see in the time we have this summer.  Will keep you all posted on what we actually get to see and do.

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  1. UnknownJuly 5, 2017 at 8:52 PM

    Enjoying the description of your travels and especially the photos. If I follow your route correctly, it seems you went North on route 17 which turned to route 6 at the border? Glad you thought of your passports before getting very far! Just traced the Alcan highway on Google maps - you'll certainly get to see a lot of Canada before getting to Alaska.

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  2. monarchmomx2July 25, 2017 at 9:11 AM

    beautiful!

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