Day 309. June 11, 2014. Oh, Canada!

LOCATION:  Waterton National Park, in far southern Alberta

WEATHER:  Cold and rainy in PM.  Sunny and beautiful in PM.  Highs in 60s

We packed up from Glacier National Park in the cold rain.  We drove about 40 miles to the Canadian border.  Immigration was surprisingly easy.  

In another 10 miles, we arrived in beautiful Waterton National Park.  It and Glacier share the border marked by a Rotary International  Peace Park.  We are in a campground in the village and right on the lake.  Absolutely breathtaking.  This is the view from our campsite.

We took another killer hike....a rise of 700 feet in 3/4 mile.  I think one reason that these hikes are so brutal is our altitude.  

We were rewarded with this view of the town, lake and mountains when we reached the top.

Then we took a 2-hour boat ride. We actually re-entered Montana, and then back to Alberta.  Beautiful. Tomorrow we will visit this Prince of Wales Hotel. 

The campground is really nice, and very practical.  Instead of individual grills at each site, there are picnic shelters with wood-fired stoves that people share.  This set-up is how we met our friends from Nova Scotia while hunkered in one of these shelters in cool, rainy Newfoundland last summer.

DINNER:  George roasted wieners inside the stove.  This is the first time we have eaten hotdogs on this trip.  Un-American?  I doctored up a can of black beans with sautéed green peppers, onions, garlic and chipotle, which we had on the side.