Originally we didn't plan to visit the southeastern corner of Glacier called Two Medicine. But when I read about it in the guide book as we were driving to Missoula, we changed our minds and spent a morning and early afternoon hiking in Two Medicine. We were glad we did, and the drive from Two Medicine to Waterton National Park in Alberta was nearly as beautiful as the Going to the Sun road.
We had hoped to do a lot of hiking in Waterton, but the weather wasn't very cooperative. We did get to take the cruise from Waterton to Goat Haunt and it was just beautiful. The view of the lake is from the Prince of Wales Hotel which sits up on a cliff overlooking Waterton. We had a lovely dinner there. There's also a photo of the cut line which I knew nothing about, but explained in this post.
The number one item on our bucket list was a hike to the Plain of Six Glaciers in Lake Louise. It got a two-page spread.
A good friend of mine told me not to miss a chance to visit Yoho National Park and Emerald Lake. It was great advice, and our day in Yoho was our second best day of the trip. Emerald Lake is even more beautiful than Lake Louise, and we went from there to Takkawa Falls which we were told was the second highest falls in Canada. When I did a bit of research, however, it ranks 45th in British Columbia. It's beautiful, nonetheless, and we hiked from there to Laughing Falls. All in all, we hiked nearly 11 miles that day and by the time we got to the Truffle Pig for dinner we were ready for a great meal.
I have to admit to being really excited to actually see loons on this trip. When we travel to the Adirondacks, I sometimes hear loons, but I'd never seen any. On this trip we saw them on several lakes, but I finally got a photo on Emerald Lake. The last two photos on this page are just the first two from another wonderful afternoon at Sunshine Meadows. More about that, next time.
