7-18-12

After a good walk, we left the campgrounds, headed for Waterton.  A deer decided she wanted to get to the other side of the road right in front of us.  Larry saw her in time and blew the horn.  Did she pick up speed then!  Waterton is a continuation of Glacier National Park on the Canadian side.  It was so different as there were homes surrounding the park so it was more like a Swiss village.  The Prince of Wales used to live here in the summer and his “home” sat up on the top of a hill overlooking the lake and shadowed by the mountains.  It was a fairly windy day but people were going out on boat rides around the lake.  We had parked on the street and had lunch as a health restaurant across the street.  We walked around the park side of the lake with the prairie dogs keeping us company, and then along the creek and out to the waterfalls.  After that hike, I was tired so went back to the RV to rest and try to find updated maps for the Tomtom or Garmin.  We both took a little snooze and then for dinner at a restaurant that had outside dining on the water.  What a setting.  We had walked by this place earlier and I think I smelled every peony.  The locals put fencing around all their flowers to protect them from the deer and elk.  We helped by having elk and bison for dinner.  On our way out of the park, we finally got to see a bear.  It was crossing the road in front of us and didn’t stop to say hi.  It wasn’t very big and cinnamon in color.  So cute.  No wonder people aren’t afraid of them.  We continued to move N for way too late and ended up in Black Diamond which wasn’t even on our map.  The campground host met me and said they had no room for a rig our size but we could stay right on the street for the night.