From Waterton to Glacier National Park

Thursday, Sept. 9 - Joe and I had breakfast in town this morning, then drove up to the Prince of Wales Hotel to look around before we left the area.

Then we broke camp and headed to Glacier National Park, in the rain, of course.

Seeing the border crossing into the U.S. was a welcome sight, and this time we are back in the states for good this trip (we have crossed in and out a couple of times during our trip).  We got through the border guards without incident -- they just cut my tomatoes in two.  They took Judy's and Marilyn's tomatoes and green onions.  But we made it across safely.

It was only about an hour and a half drive, and we had to watch the highway for range cattle that were roaming freely along the roadside.  We got checked in at the St. Mary's campground at Glacier National Park.    St. Mary's Lake is right along the road in and it is very pretty.

After we got settled, we drove over to Many Glaciers, to the hotel there, and had a drink (I had hot chocolate, it is still cold and rainy).  The red buses shuttle between Glacier and Waterton, and between the East and West sides of Glacier Nat'l Park, so we saw them often.

On nice days, they can open the top for the great views.  Inside the lodge is a lovely lobby with a wonderful fireplace.

This hotel is right on Lake Sherburne, and there were wonderful views right off the back terrace.

They were getting the dining room set up for the evening, and it was very elegant looking.

We went for drinks inthe lounge, then returned to the campground.

The campground was not as nice as the Waterton Townsite Campground, it was more like a provincial park.  We did not have any hook-ups and they would only allow the generators to run at certain times (8:00 - 10:00 a.m.; 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m.; 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.) and they enforced that rule.  But we did have nice views from the campsite.