Deb here. I woke up early and went down to the lobby to drink tea and soak in the views one more time. John eventually came down for coffee, and by 8 am or so we were packed up and checked out. There are only 2 roads in Waterton Lakes National Park and we drove the second one this morning. Another beautiful drive, although not as dramatic as the drive yesterday to Cameron Lake. At the end of the road we walked a 20 minute loop up through Red Rock Canyon, a deep waterway with red colored banks.
We then sadly drove out of the park. How lucky we were to have had a chance to be there once again! We followed roads leading us to Rte. 1, the Trans Canada Highway, and by the time we arrived in Medicine Hat we’d reached the intersection. Along the way we passed endless fields of crops, and the bright yellow canola fields were really spectacular. Blue skies, flat lands and miles of not much.
In Medicine Hat we stopped at the visitor center and talked with two women who were super enthusiastic about their province and country. As one of them said to me, “I’m not going to the states because I live in such a cool country.” Right near the visitor center is the “world’s largest teepee”, so of course we had to see it. It’s massive and had been built for the 1988 Calgary Olympics. A local Medicine Hat philanthropist later bought it and donated it to the city of Medicine Hat to encourage tourism. Inside there are big murals telling some of the history of the area and the native peoples.
Back on the road for a couple of hours until we reached Morse. No more canola fields, instead lots of brown wheat fields, massive grain silos and who knows what else. We’re camping at a municipal campground here that’s a stone’s throw from the railroad tracks. We’ll see. We’d only eaten snacks all day, so heated up leftover spaghetti and made a salad for an early dinner. So far no trains, nope, I take that back…
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