O' Canada... that's what we saw today. We've moved on from Many Glacier and went to Waterton National park in Canada. We went through customs and drove just a little ways into Canada to see the plains and the huge mountains. There are no foothills, just flat land and then straight up - the mountains.
The first thing we did was take a eat lunch at a place called Zum's. We both had a buffalo burger. It was really good. Then we took a boat tour around Waterton lake. The boat was 73 years old and had the great northern railway symbol on the smoke stack. We were let off about 7 miles down at a very remote location call Goat Haunt. These bluffs were back in Montana so we actually were able to see the international border and the obelisk that marked the border. We saw where they keep all the trees cleared for 40 ft across to make the visible border. Very cool.
We were able to see another black bear from the boat. We watched him very closely and noticed that he could not see us watching him but he could hear us. This was our first bear sighting in Canada and the boat guide said that it was the best sighting he had ever seen from the boat.
That evening we ate at the Prince of Wales hotel. It was excellent, I had the chocolate mousse for desert and it was very tasty. The hotel was built in 1926 and is owned by Glacier Park Inc., the same company that runs everything in the US park. We enjoyed the view after dinner and toured the hotel and took pictures.
Finally we decided to go to see Planet of the Apes at the old Opera house movie theater for the 9:30 show. It was a very small and quaint building and had the original everything. Very small but they had the Canadian air conditioning in the whole time. (They left the doors open on either side of the building). We enjoyed the atmosphere and I will never forget seeing that movie in Waterton, Canada.
- Tiff