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Well Cathy and I finally completed this trip. I had originally planned to make this run back in July 2019 but did not make it to Waterton Parks due to my customers priorities. No problem, no customers, no Corvettes!
Our trip took off Tuesday morning, August 4 with plans to return Saturday, August 8 but we cut out a one-night stay at the Blackfoot Inn in Calgary and instead we drove from Waterton Park to home Friday. On with the car pictures ….
I purchased four soft bags for the car. We had made over-nighters with hard luggage before and since then I promised to get bags instead. They are pretty big and two each was more than enough capacity for a four- or five-night trip. We did not bring our hiking boots, hiking gear or any type of dress clothes. This was our first stay in Waterton, so it was mostly exploration of the region and its amenities. These bags were perfect!
Our first stop (other than fuel in Jasper) was along the Athabasca River on highway 93A. There are some Adirondack chairs on the river bank placed by the lodge located across the road. We packed a lunch for this stop and used two chairs for our lunch break.
The weather was 30+ so the rest of our driving was with the top down. We were in absolutely no rush, so I did the speed limit OR 10 UNDER as much as possible.
WARNING!
WARNING!
WARNING: .... Extreme close up of my mug!
I sunburned my forehead, nose and bottom lip pretty bad. I hate wearing hats, but once I burned I had no choice and put on a C7 ball cap!
You have to love Glacier National Park with clear blue skies ….
Tuesday night was a stay at the Chateau Lake Louise. We have been to L.L. and the chateau a number of times but we never stayed or had a meal in the hotel before. The room was …. pretty nice (500 bucks per) but the restaurants were ALL really busy. People and cars everywhere. Line ups of cars and people started by 8:00 AM. Reminder to self; continue to stay at the Sawridge in Jasper or at the Rimrock in Banff.
Wednesday morning, packing to up and heading to Kananaskis….
Cathy had never even seen the Kananaskis golf course, so we made a long stop at the pro shop and looked around a bit. Yeah, it looks great after the re-build. We need to book a round there this summer/fall. We also had a brief visit in the Kananaskis campground with one of Cathy’s coworkers. The campground roads were paved so no challenge getting in or out with a Corvette.
Ice cream stop in Longview. It was 34 C.
The town of Waterton shot from our hotel.
Okay, we really liked the town. Small, walk-able, beaches, boards, boats, trails, golfing, deer, elk, birds and mama grizz and a cub. Yeah, we will definitely be back.
We stayed Wednesday and Thursday nights at the Prince of Wales hotel. Its only a couple of blocks out of town. We had a 5th floor room with a balcony looking over the lake. It was a small, windy old room with an excellent shower and super hot water. 300 bucks per night and I’d stay there again in a heartbeat except I’m booking room # 608 next time. We really enjoyed the hotel lobby and gift shop. The staff were really friendly and we had a few laughs with most of them. Lots of hotel history to check out.
After about a four hour walk around town we had supper at Vimy’s and watched some hockey. There is no issue leaving your car on the street in the late evenings.
No, that’s not the valet parking lot! The paved parking lot was packed probably by hikers (a couple of trail heads are just across the street….) on Thursday so I did some free-range parking.
We got up early Friday morning and headed home. Uneventful so no pictures.
Final notes; my car was really popular. I fielded a lot of positive comments, thumbs-up and conversations broke out everywhere we went around the town.
Cheers and thanks for looking at my thread.
Our trip took off Tuesday morning, August 4 with plans to return Saturday, August 8 but we cut out a one-night stay at the Blackfoot Inn in Calgary and instead we drove from Waterton Park to home Friday. On with the car pictures ….
I purchased four soft bags for the car. We had made over-nighters with hard luggage before and since then I promised to get bags instead. They are pretty big and two each was more than enough capacity for a four- or five-night trip. We did not bring our hiking boots, hiking gear or any type of dress clothes. This was our first stay in Waterton, so it was mostly exploration of the region and its amenities. These bags were perfect!
Our first stop (other than fuel in Jasper) was along the Athabasca River on highway 93A. There are some Adirondack chairs on the river bank placed by the lodge located across the road. We packed a lunch for this stop and used two chairs for our lunch break.
The weather was 30+ so the rest of our driving was with the top down. We were in absolutely no rush, so I did the speed limit OR 10 UNDER as much as possible.
WARNING!
WARNING!
WARNING: .... Extreme close up of my mug!
I sunburned my forehead, nose and bottom lip pretty bad. I hate wearing hats, but once I burned I had no choice and put on a C7 ball cap!
You have to love Glacier National Park with clear blue skies ….
Tuesday night was a stay at the Chateau Lake Louise. We have been to L.L. and the chateau a number of times but we never stayed or had a meal in the hotel before. The room was …. pretty nice (500 bucks per) but the restaurants were ALL really busy. People and cars everywhere. Line ups of cars and people started by 8:00 AM. Reminder to self; continue to stay at the Sawridge in Jasper or at the Rimrock in Banff.
Wednesday morning, packing to up and heading to Kananaskis….
Cathy had never even seen the Kananaskis golf course, so we made a long stop at the pro shop and looked around a bit. Yeah, it looks great after the re-build. We need to book a round there this summer/fall. We also had a brief visit in the Kananaskis campground with one of Cathy’s coworkers. The campground roads were paved so no challenge getting in or out with a Corvette.
Ice cream stop in Longview. It was 34 C.
The town of Waterton shot from our hotel.
Okay, we really liked the town. Small, walk-able, beaches, boards, boats, trails, golfing, deer, elk, birds and mama grizz and a cub. Yeah, we will definitely be back.
We stayed Wednesday and Thursday nights at the Prince of Wales hotel. Its only a couple of blocks out of town. We had a 5th floor room with a balcony looking over the lake. It was a small, windy old room with an excellent shower and super hot water. 300 bucks per night and I’d stay there again in a heartbeat except I’m booking room # 608 next time. We really enjoyed the hotel lobby and gift shop. The staff were really friendly and we had a few laughs with most of them. Lots of hotel history to check out.
After about a four hour walk around town we had supper at Vimy’s and watched some hockey. There is no issue leaving your car on the street in the late evenings.
No, that’s not the valet parking lot! The paved parking lot was packed probably by hikers (a couple of trail heads are just across the street….) on Thursday so I did some free-range parking.
We got up early Friday morning and headed home. Uneventful so no pictures.
Final notes; my car was really popular. I fielded a lot of positive comments, thumbs-up and conversations broke out everywhere we went around the town.
Cheers and thanks for looking at my thread.
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We took in the entire JPL resort experience with close friends so it was a lot of fun. Lots of food, wine, beer, golf, laughs, fresh air, walks and plenty of sun!
