We moved out of our apartment last week and are now bunking at Shane's place for a couple of weeks before we go to South America.
Today drove down to Waterton National Park with our friends, Sandra & Jim. It will be our final Canadian excursion before heading back to Oz. We arrived in Waterton after the 3 hr drive around lunchtime. We went for a bit of a recky around the place and saw this deer family wandering around in the water near the boat ramp.
Red Rock Canyon
Jim & Sandra hadn't been to Waterton before, so we became the tour guides. After a spot of lunch we headed out to Red Rock Canyon. It was a far cry from the last time we were there when it was buried under a foot of snow. The autumn colours were out making for very pretty scenery.
Blackistone Falls
Blackistone Falls was one of the hikes we tried to do last time, but we only got about half a kilometre before having to turn back because of deep snow. This time it was a breeze and well worth the short wander.
Boat Cruise
Jim bought the smaller of his two boats with him so late in the afternoon we set up for a cruise out on the lake. After some windy conditions during the day the wind had dropped right out and left us with perfect boating conditions.
We stocked the cooler full of beer and the four of us headed off. As you can see, Jim is happiest when he's in his boat.
Wateron Lake was uncharacteristically still. The lake crosses into the US (Montana) so we thought we would cross the border and taunt those crazy Americans. The peaks in the picture above are actually in the US.
There were photo opportunities for mountains reflected in the lake everywhere. I caught this one just before the sun disappeared.
Above, you'll see a straight yellow strip heading up the hill. That's the US/Canadian border. They cut a gap through the forest to stop people crossing... Those Americans are crazy.
This is the border at the Western side of the lake. You can see the slice through the forest more clearly. If you followed this line for about 1200kms, you'd end up in the Pacific Ocean, just south of Vancouver.
