Waldo is home and the trip by the numbers

We are home in Maple Ridge after our incredible journey across this great land we call home! We feel so blessed and privileged to have had this opportunity ! Oh Canada!! 🇨🇦

Number of :

kilometres driven 🚐🚐 17,200

tanks of gas- ⛽️ so many but so worth it!

days away 📆   67

campgrounds-⛺️ 55

Walmart parking lots-🚐 2

National Parks visited- 🇨🇦13

Provinces visited 🚩10

Ferry rides ⛴- 3

Photos taken 📷- 2200

Bike trails  🚴‍♀️🚴🏼- 24

Hikes 🏔13

Museums, historic sites, events- 🏛 30

Moose warning signs 🦌- hundreds

Moose seen - 0 😂

Leaving Waterton and on to BC

Before leaving this amazing park we rode a lovely but somewhat challenging, narrow trail through fields of grasses and wildflowers.

Long driving day but very smooth and scenic through the Beautiful BC mountains- no stopping for pictures as we had a goal of Midway, BC - fave spot 😊

Midway Hike view of town

49th parallel at the "summit"

Left a flag to commemorate our last stop on this amazing journey

Lunch at the Midway Hotel
View of the Kettle River and of course the wildflowers

We spent a couple of hours tubing down the Kettle River - fun!!

Last night and dinner on our Canadian adventure

Next stop Maple Ridge !

Waterton Lakes National Park- Day 2

Bertha Lake Hike

View of Waterton Lake from trail

Bertha Falls

Bertha Lake

Yup we were there 😊

More wildflowers

Red Rock Canyon Parkway

Prince of Wales Hotel since 1927 

View of Waterton Lake from hotel dining room - pretty awesome!

Our campground friend - hundreds of them in the park

Waterton Lakes National Park- Day 1

We were very excited to go to this park as we

had the privilege experiencing its American counterpart last year.- Glacier National Park.

What a finale for our cross Canada adventure!! 

Approaching from the east:

Maskinonage Lake

Bear Hump Hike - a steep 30 minute climb for the most amazing view of the Waterton Valley

Paul making friends at the top 

Kootenai Brown bike trail 14 k paved , rolling hills- gorgeous!

Middle Waterton Lake

The wild flowers

Upper Waterton Lake

Nightfall - wow!!

Looking forward to tomorrow ...

On the way to Waterton....

Driving in eastern Alberta along Highway 3

took us through many farms and small farm 

towns- another very pleasant drive. We took a slight detour at For Macleod to go to the Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump historical site.

 The story of the buffalo jump and the history of the Blackfoot was fascinating .  This jump was named for a young brave who didn't get away from the stampede of buffalo in time and went over the cliff with them.

The jump

Excellent museum telling the history

The plains

We camped in a small town named Cardston

Now on our way to Waterton Lakes National Park.