We had two nights reserved at the Prince of Wales Hotel, and we spent much of our layover day just enjoying the hotel. And with our room going for many $$$$$ per night, we decided to sit back and just enjoy the elegance of our surroundings.
Feeling a bit guilty, we did drive down to explore the Waterton village…
And we drove out to Red Rock Canyon…
…where folks were having a good time playing in and around the water.
We had dining reservations at the hotel that night. There, we enjoyed some tomato soup (definitely better than Campbell’s)…
…followed by Alberta beef (for me) and prairie bison for my lovely wife.
On our getaway day, we had breakfast in town, filled my thermos with coffee from Starbucks…
…used the restrooms (wash rooms in Canada)…
…and took off for British Columbia under rainy skies. Our only major stop was at the site of the Frank Slide, where the top of a mountain slid down to the valley below.
The pile of rubble left behind is quite impressive.
One thing I found pleasant about driving in both Alberta and British Columbia was how nice the roads were. Unlike Colorado, there was nary a pothole to be seen.
The other thing we liked was that even on the two-lane roadways in BC, there were rest areas with picnic tables every 20 miles or so, and the wash rooms came equipped with flush toilets.