Time to leave Calgary. After a hearty breakfast, we set off in our bus. Our first stop was at Claresholm. It's an old village which has now progressed, but the local authorities have made a museum of the old way of village living. We saw old vehicles like a Ford Model T (a rare green coloured one, as opposed to the black models that Ford eventually had always sold), old sewing machines, a hospital room with all the apparatus just the way it used to be in olden times and so on. The local ladies at the museum were kind enough to make tea and coffee for us and served us cakes. This museum was an old railway station. That rail line is shut now and trains no longer come here.
Then, we proceeded to Watertown, our first overnight stop, where we stayed for two nights. Before we headed to the town, we had a brief stop at the Luxurious Prince of Wales hotel, which is perched atop a mountain and offers panoramic vistas of the town and the Waterton lake. The lake wasn't impressive when we reached there because the sun was right on top of us, but later when the sun goes down or in early mornings, it's a very beautiful sight. The fires in the forests also sent a lot of smog our way that day which sort of hampered the lake's beauty.
Waterton is quite secluded and it faces bitter winter every year. The town is open only for around five months a year, during summer / tourist season. For the rest of the year, citizens shut their shops, establishments, homes and hibernate elsewhere. Only about 30-40 residents remains here during winters. But Waterton is so pretty, I fell in love with. It's a small town on the lakeside, there's only one road that runs through it, pretty restaurants with al-fresco outdoor dining, and roadside littered with beautiful and very homely cottages. Just the kind of town I'd like to live in and go to after a hard days work!
We took a boat ride on Waterton lake where we crossed over the US side of the park but after alighting there, didn't much venture beyond as one needs a US visa for trekking there. But we saw a bear; our first wildlife sighting. Yay!
In the night, after dinner, we took a walk up the hills of Waterton, up to Prince of Wales hotel, to enjoy sunset vistas of Lake Waterton.
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Then, we proceeded to Watertown, our first overnight stop, where we stayed for two nights. Before we headed to the town, we had a brief stop at the Luxurious Prince of Wales hotel, which is perched atop a mountain and offers panoramic vistas of the town and the Waterton lake. The lake wasn't impressive when we reached there because the sun was right on top of us, but later when the sun goes down or in early mornings, it's a very beautiful sight. The fires in the forests also sent a lot of smog our way that day which sort of hampered the lake's beauty.
Prince of Wales hotel
Waterton is quite secluded and it faces bitter winter every year. The town is open only for around five months a year, during summer / tourist season. For the rest of the year, citizens shut their shops, establishments, homes and hibernate elsewhere. Only about 30-40 residents remains here during winters. But Waterton is so pretty, I fell in love with. It's a small town on the lakeside, there's only one road that runs through it, pretty restaurants with al-fresco outdoor dining, and roadside littered with beautiful and very homely cottages. Just the kind of town I'd like to live in and go to after a hard days work!
We took a boat ride on Waterton lake where we crossed over the US side of the park but after alighting there, didn't much venture beyond as one needs a US visa for trekking there. But we saw a bear; our first wildlife sighting. Yay!
In the night, after dinner, we took a walk up the hills of Waterton, up to Prince of Wales hotel, to enjoy sunset vistas of Lake Waterton.
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