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| Prince of Wales hotel, Waterton |
A 10 am start under gorgeous blue skies - warm, Tshirt weather. Headed off to Fort Steele on #95 ($5.50 each) - a pioneer town set around 1890. We hopped on a wagon-ride tour, pulled by 2 Clydesdales, then walked around on our own for a couple of hours. Got some Dad’s root beer, orange cactus drink, sourdough bread and baked goodies for lunch.
After we left Fort Steele we saw some bighorn sheep beside the road, about 20 km west of Fernie, where we got some groceries. It’s getting quite hot out now, so we got some watermelon & salad fixings, heading to Waterton Lk Park.
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We enjoyed the drive to Waterton Park. It’s almost 50km down #6, thru prairie and ranches, with snow-capped mountains creeping up out of the prairie. Waterton Park is a real gem.
On the way in we stopped to look at a buffalo compound. It turns out we could drive right in among them. It was about 1 ½ miles around this huge fenced area, rolling rich-looking grassland, 3 ponds. The buffalo were right on the road sometimes - cows and calves. We got some real closeup pictures.
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| The sun sets early in Waterton, due to mountain shadow |
We booked 2 whole nights in this campground. We're ready for a day with less travelling.
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