Glacier Day 7

Waterton is set up right in the National Park, so we saw lots of deer.

We woke up sad to have left our Canadian friends, but ready to be on our way home. It had been a wonderful vacation, but we’d begun to grow road-weary. Worst of all, Seth must have injured himself at the playground the night before, because he was limping and when we checked his ankle, it was visibly swollen. He never complained or told us what happened, but it was clearly injured, so we were glad to spend most of the day sitting rather than hiking.

After breakfast of bacon and eggs, we drove down to a small waterfall called Cameron Falls, which is right in the town of Waterton. It is one of the few things left to see in the park. We took a few short scenic drives as we left the park, too. We managed to spot a black bear and a few deer, but there wasn’t much else to see. Then we started the long road home.

Cameron Falls is right in town.

The hotel is called the Prince of Wales, and it is a beautiful sight up on the hill. 

Mom takes pictures of all the beautiful wildflower fields.  

The bear stayed mostly in the trees, but we saw him stand up at one point.

The boys were really good in the car as we crossed the border and continued south. Occasionally we’d see deer or pronghorn, but mostly we saw rolling hills and narrow highways. We wanted to get six of the twelve hours of driving out of the way, and we did manage that. The highlight was stopping for a picnic at a rest stop just after one o’clock.

Crossing the border was an adventure. 

We found a nice shady place for a picnic.

The end of our drive took us to Lewis and Clark Caverns in Montana. We checked into a rustic cabin with shared bathrooms and only one room, but the boys were excited for bunkbeds. We checked in and then headed back up the road to Three Forks for dinner. We found a great little café with excellent food, and the boys ate really well. Then we drove twenty miles back to the cabin. It was getting late, but we let them work on the Junior Ranger program before putting them to bed. Seth seemed to be doing better on his ankle, too. 

We are excited to stay in this little cabin. 

Dax had to see how fast he could run for one of the Junior Ranger pages.

It wouldn't be camping without pinecone baseball.