Written August 31; posted September 1. - Last night at happy hour, Glenn said that today’s destination, Waterton Lakes National Park is our penultimate destination.
Waterton Lakes National Park is a national park located in the southwest corner of Alberta, Canada, and borders Glacier National Park in Montana, USA. Waterton was Canada's fourth national park, formed in 1895 and named after Waterton Lake, in turn after the Victorian naturalist and conservationist Charles Waterton. The park contains 505 km² (203 mi²) of rugged mountains and wilderness.
It was sunny but cold, in the high 30’s, when we awoke. There was no wind, but that would change quickly. Photo above is behind our motel. The 66 mile route was mostly downhill for the first half and then uphill. See the route and elevation profile at http://ridewithgps.com/trips/97611. There are no imbedded photos in the map; for some reason that feature is not working today.
At mile 6, we stopped to observe the 1903 rockslide. 82 million tons of rock from Turtle Mountain buried the mining town of Frank under 30 meters of rock. At least 70 people died.
The windmill is the symbol of today’s ride. By the time we left Coleman, the southwesterly wind had picked up. It helped push us to lunch – remember it was also downhill. Just before lunch, we turned south on route 6. Now the wind is coming toward us at a 45 degree angle. I didn’t think it was much of a deterrent to riding, but it made the ride colder.
Approaching Waterton Lakes National Park.
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Awesome scenery. Hope you and Brenda stay warm and dry for the rest of the trip.
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