Waterton, Canada

I can't believe I haven't finished blogging about my trip to Canada this summer! After spending most of the time in Calgary and seeing our old home "village" of Rosemary we then went to Waterton. I have had the opportunity to see some parts of the world, and even though I have so much more to see... I am willing to say that Waterton is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been to. My dad grew up in Cardston Alberta Canada, and would spend half of the year working at his families hotel in Waterton. Waterton is a National park.... and it is beautiful. My dad has always loved the outdoors and seeing where he grew up and spent so much of his time, I really can't blame him. It is simply breathtaking. We had a lot of fun while we stayed there. My sister's husband also spent a lot of summers in Waterton and got to spend some time at his family cabin there. The first night we got there Justin led us on a midnight hike! It was well worth walking in the dark and me and Kira being afraid of bears and annoying everyone with the "bear bell." We got to the top of this mountain to see the beautiful lakes of Waterton glistening in the moonlight. I wish my digital camera took good pictures in the dark... but some things you just can't capture with a camera. We then illgeally lit some fireworks... since it was still Canada Day, and hurried back down incase we were to get caught :)
The next morning we took a family hike. It was beautiful and really really wish Trevor had been there. Of everything we saw and did in Canada this would be the place I would want him to see the most. I think he would have really loved it. The hike was perfect and then we headed on to see some beautiful water falls and other attractions like the beautiful Prince of Wales hotel (which I had family work at, and help build!) It was so cool to see so much wild life! We saw a black bear on the side of the road, some cool mountain goats, and tons and tons of dears. The animals just wonder so freely around Waterton. Later that afternoon we took a ride on these really cool "put puts" as liked to call them. They look like those little carriages people ride in Thailand. We had way too much fun riding those around town and annoying people. The best part was when it started pouring rain on us!
We ended the night with some swimming and a big family dinner. Days don't get much better then that.

 (I didn't take this one, it is via google images, but I wanted to show you all what I couldn't capture in a picture! Like I said, this place is almost magical)


(Trevor says this picture looks fake... it is NOT! I can show you the series of them if you want, haha.)

21 comments

  1. It was real Trevor. Waterton was amazing!!

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  2. Beautiful photos! Love that you saw a bear!

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  3. Those are such a stunning views...I love them:) Glad you had fun!
    Kisses and wish you fantastic last Monday of August:)

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  4. those are some amazing pics!!! happy monday girl! xoxo

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  5. beautiful view!!you make me wanna take a vacation..

    thanks for stopping by on my blog..

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  6. i've totally been there!!! like seven years ago... but it was still really great. and i rode those bike carriage things! so fun and pretty.

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  7. Those are really neat pictures, crazy how close you were to a bear.

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  8. I would've died if I was that close to a bear. These pictures are great! I have a jacket just like yours :)

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  9. oh man. i used to live in those mountains! these pictures make me oddly homesick.. :) so much fun hey??

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  10. WOW!!! My company has an office there.. I feel like I wanna go on a business trip pronto!!! :D
    xxx

    http://gypsy-diaries.blogspot.com/

    P.S: I'm having a supercute jewelry/accessories giveaway! Come and check it out! ;)

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  11. Wow, this looks like such a great trip!

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  12. My wife and I love waterton!
    I grew up in Magrath we basically spent our summers there

    glad to come across this photos

    /nathan

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  13. Waterton was such a great place to grow up. I've climbed all over those mountains and loved every minute of it. We had fun didn't we?

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  14. this last trip we just did Justin saw a Mama bear and her cub. Earlier this summer his cousins saw a Mama bear and her triplet cubs!!!! Crazy!!!!

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  15. This looks like a wonderful trip. I love the photos...especially the first canoe shot.

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  16. Amazing photos! Looks like a wonderful trip!

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  17. That looks amazing! I've never been west of Ontario (well...in Canada). But I would looove to go to Alberta and BC.
    Also sorry I'm being messy commenting about other posts on this one ...but your most recent one about the necklace is really really sweet!

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  18. This looks like so much fun & so beautiful!

    (The bear looks crazy though) haha.

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  19. Hey, you made a comment on my blog and I was wondering if that was random or if we know each other!? I grew up in Calgary, but my mom grew up in Cardston. So I'm sure there is a connection somewhere.
    I live in Salt Lake now though.
    Anyways, cute blog and I love going to Waterton in the summer!! I didn't make it this year sadly, so this post makes me jealous.

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