Blogs from Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada, North America - page 4

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Am Montag Morgen nach dem Frühstück habe ich unser Mietauto abgeholt. Es war nur ca. 20 Minuten bis zur Station von Alamo/National. Dort bekam ich dann auf den in Deutschland bei mbrokers gekauften Voucher unseren schwarzen Ford Focus, leider nur 2-türig. Diesmal gab es die Mietunterlagen auf englisch und mit deutscher Übersetzung, das war neu. Das lief alles ganz glatt. Das Navi angestellt und dann zum Hotel Koffer einladen und einsteigen. Die Fahrt zum Waterton Nationalpark verlief ganz ohne Probleme. Auch das Hotel war dank Navi schnell gefunden. Die Probleme mit dem Checkin (erste Nacht schon bezahlt oder nicht?) konnten mit Hilfe des Internet geklärt werden. Am Abend (19:00 Uhr) gab es dann eine 2-stündige Bootsfahrt auf dem Waterton Lake mit kurzem Halt in den USA, wo S. und ich auch noch ein Fußbad nahmen. Es ... read more
Das Prinz of Wales Hotel
Die Schneise ist die Grenze Kanada / USA
Blick vom See auf die Berge


Geo: 49.1107, -113.847Friday, October 10th - Drove to Two Medicine, too icy to hike, then to St. Mary Visitor Center where we decided to go on to Canada and Waterton Lakes Park. Hiked/walked the Prince of Wales trail and around the lake. Motel - The Crandell Mountain Lodge... read more
The Prince of Wales Hotel
Two Medicine Lake
The Waterton Lakes sign


After a few days to recharge the batteries it was time for a road trip. Scott still had a few weeks before going back to the oil rig and wanted to spend it in style, he therefore hired a huge kick-arse campervan. So we rode in style towards Waterton, which is south of Calgary and is on the border with the USA. As we rode through the city and then into the prairies it became clear that we weren’t in London anymore. There weren’t pubs on every corner, houses weren’t crammed together and streets were wide enough to fit cars on each side. Canada is big, big, big. In fact it crosses 7 time zones it is so huge. It would probably take about 5 days to drive from the West to the East coast. Before ... read more
Bear - Roar
Lake Waterton
Waterton


I’m retroactively blogging a trip my brother and I took around to some of the National Parks in the US in August of 2005. I wanted to put some information out about these amazing places, as they are, in my opinion, the highlights of the US (and Canada in this case!). We drove from Minneapolis, Minnesota westward to reach Mt. Rushmore on the first day. It was an insanely long drive, but it was just the beginning of the thousands of miles we were to drive that month. We continued on to Great Falls, Montana on the second day and hit the 1,600-mile mark. We still had 3 and 1/2 hours up to eastern Glacier National Park. However, it isn’t the chore is sounds like, as the countryside is absolutely stunning in Montana (S. Dakota is ... read more
From the campsite
View from Crypt Lake trail
What am I doing?




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