Glacier Vacation Saturday - Day 4
Saturday, August 24th
After breakfast in the dining room and checking out of the
Prince of Wales hotel, we had a nice walk along th water's
edge in downtown Waterton Park. Then at 10 AM made it over
to the horse back riding place. It was actually a temporary
operation they had set up at the edge of the golf course
parking lot, because they had been burned out with the fire
of 2017. We had a one hour ride down to the lake and back. I
told Connie, that if I ever had a horse to name, I would
call Yamaha because that's what I'd rather be riding. It was
about 68 degrees, overcast and breezy. We had jackets on so
we weren't cold, but sun would have been nicer. The kid
leading us (we were the only ones doing just an hour, so we
were our own group of two plus the guide) was going to be a
freshman in high school. He was very young, but he could
ride. He was very comfortable on the horse. Drove
up around the Waterton Park and up to Alberta's farm
country. They were just harvesting wheat, and baling straw.
Then we went over through Crowsnest Pass. On the way over
there, we stopped at Franks Slide. That's where the mount
slide down into the valley and wiped out part of the town of
Frank. The amount of rocks that went into the valley and
travelled maybe a mile was absolutely stunning. I can't
imagine what it would have been like to experience that. The
noise must have been frightening. Then we
drove down to Roosville to cross the border. Five or six
cars ahead of us and we crossed the border in about 10
minutes. The CBP agent asked if we had anything with us that
we bought and I said, "Only the food in our
bellies." He laughed and then made some comment about,
"the Canadians." Its the only time I've seen a
border agent smile, let alone make a joke about the
neighbors. The drive took us through the
Kootenai National Forest. At one point we stopped at the
Kootenai Falls overlook. There was an icecream stand there,
so we indulged. It was quite a hike over to the falls,
including a high foot bridge across the BNSF railroad (two
tracks). We arrived in Coeur d' Alene about 5:30
Pacific Time, checked into the Hampton Inn and went to
dinner at BarDeNay's just down the street (walked there).
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Nothing like cowboys. Someone should make riding helmets that look like cowboy hats.
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Frank Slide. This is a
panoramic shot that didn't turn out so great. The
magnitude of the amount of rock that was involved and how far it traveled is
stunning.
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