May 28

May 28 – The campground is significantly less crowded now that it is Memorial Day with families heading home. We are staying a second night at St. Mary campground so we paid our $10 for the coming overnight. The National Parks Senior Pass is a fantastic deal. Free entry into the US National Parks plus ½ off at each camping site.

Another sunny day in paradise. We chose a hike of 4.2 miles to St. Mary Falls and Virginia Falls. All four of us were tired at the end. Not great photo opportunities with the waterfalls in the bright sunshine but I made the attempt. Again I will post them at some point once I have decent internet connection. Tonight we are off to an Park program on Wolves given in our campground. It’s been used as a training session for the new seasonal workers. They have been arriving at the Park over the past week. Back in the mid seventies I spent a few days at the Park’s most remote Ranger Station, Goat Haunt which is accessed from Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta. The two National Parks, Waterton and Glacier are known as Waterton Lakes Glacier International Peace Park. From the village of Waterton Lakes one can take a passenger ferry to the southern end of the lake. It’s about a 10 mile one way boat ride. I chatted with a Ranger that will be posted at Goat Haunt for the summer and he said that the park service will not get in to open up the place until June 16. There is way too much snow on the trails at the moment.