As we left Banff, we didn't have any reservations, so the plan was to overnight in the Walmart and investigate our options. The Walmart was in Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada exactly 200 miles away (68,943.8 miles total) and just about 30 miles north of Waterton Lakes National Park. Once we claimed our little piece of the parking lot, we drove south to the park to see about a campsite.
Rolling hills and pastures gave way to the Canadian Rockies when we reached Waterton Lakes. There was Upper, Middle and Lower Waterton Lake with the Upper Lake being the largest. The township of Waterton was built along its northern shoreline and features the quite picturesque Prince of Wales Hotel.
The park campground was full, but we were able to make reservations at a nice place just outside of the park boundary. Of course that would be another day since we were already settled into the Walmart for the night. One note here, a Canadian Walmart may look the same, but it is not - it was smaller than usual, had prices that seemed exorbitant and at ten o'clock the place closed for the night. We also found there were a lot of voracious mosquitoes. As I was walking Sam, I slapped my arm and hit four of them at once. That's when I really started to notice them and decided to hurry back to the safety of the coach waving my arms like a madman. Later, knowing about the mosquito situation, Joani still had me step outside for a few beautiful sunset pictures - that's just how fantastic it was!
I just love a Walmart sunset!
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