Glacier and Calgary Day 3 July 7

Many Glaciers

We are in Canada! (Cardston and Calgary)

On our 3rd day in Glacier we packed up our stuff and headed to the north part of the park called Many Glaciers. There is a nice hotel there and a few cabins. We got their just in time to go along with a tour guide on a hike. We didn't go on the whole hike but just up to a lake that was about 1 1/2 or 2 miles up the trail. The rest of the group hiked up to a glacier. We didn't have time for that. It was a beautiful hike. We went by two lakes. One of the lakes is frequented by bears. There is a little pond next to the lake that they call the Bear's bathtub. Luckily we didn't see one, but then again we kind of wanted to see one, but from a distance. It was a fun hike and the guide was very informative of the area. Now if I could remember actually what she said that would be better. It was a lot about the area and the history and the people who built the hotel, etc. Oh, one thing I do remember is they used one of the lakes to make ice blocks from and then stored them in an ice house that is still standing up there. They used these ice blocks during the summer for the refrigerators in the hotel.

From Many Glaciers we started on our way up to Calgary Canada. We made a short stop in Cardston to see the temple there. We also stopped in a small town that had a candy store and got a treat. We loved some of the signs for towns up there. One was Smashed in Head, Buffalo Jump and another was Step Off or Stand Off or something like that. We had a good chuckle about those signs. I should look them up and see what the story is behind them.

It took us a good 4 hours to get up there. Oh, we also went through the boarder. That was no big deal, we just showed them our pass ports and went on through after answering a few questions. Calgary was gearing up for the big Stampede which was starting in a couple of days. We were going to miss the Parade and everything, but that is okay with us, we don't really like big crowds too much. We took it easy this night and went to dinner and then let the kids swim in the hotel swim pool that said it was heated, but it was quite cold.