Waterton town seen from hotel
Waterton Lake from hotel
We had to drive only 32 miles for our next stop, Great Canadian Barn Dance & Family Camp. On the way we stopped at an overlook for a while and then proceeded, stopped again at a provincial park, where another couple had stopped, she had made soup, which they shared, very good. We sat and talked and by then it was about 1:45, we couldn't get to the camp before 2 pm to get parked. We had one big happy hour, lasted about 3 hours, and we all welcomed back the couple that he had a pace maker implanted about a week and a half again. By 5:45 we were all to be at the barn for a lasagna dinner. The barn also is holding a camp for kids that play string instruments, which also had eaten with us. After dinner we had a guy play the accordion, Michael Bridges, he had won the talent contest at the Calgary Stampede this year, is well known and has traveled all over the world, and only 20 years old.
Michael Bridges, accordion player
After Michael played, we all proceeded upstairs in the barn to hear the kids play and then dance. Great entertainment.
Wednesday, July 31, we got up early today and left before 8:00 for the Head -Smashed-in-Buffalo Jump. We had a guided tour through the museum and outside where the buffalo jumped. Back in the 1700's the Indians would herd the buffalo to a cliff where they would jump and then die, they would cut up the buffalo, using every piece even the bones, internal organs, hides, eyes, leaving nothing behind, so that there was no trace of the killing for other animals to find. They would do this in the fall so they could feed the tribe all winter long. The buffalo could smell and hear very well but not see good.
Cliff where buffalo jumped
After the tour, they then had a First Nation performance, with six guys playing the drum and singing. They had the presentation of the flags and then different people dance.
Drummers and singers
Dancer
Dancer
The Barn Dance campground had made us dinner, chicken, roast beef, baked potatoes, cole slaw, baked beans, pickles, pickled carrots, rolls, and apple crisp with ice cream for dessert. They then put on a show for us, three generation family with the youngest sons wife and two boys. They had played old country music, they really were good entertainers. The youngest boy was 15 and really played a mean fiddle.
The Kunkle family
Thursday, August 1, today we went to Cardston to the Remington Carriage Museum, World's Largest Carriage Museum, . We had a private tour and listened to the amazing stories about the elegant carriages, stage coaches, and covered wagons found across the continent. In the restoration shop, we talked to a guy that told how the craftsmen preserve carriages. This award winning museum features 250 horse drawn vehicles, all on display.
Hearst
We had taken a wagon ride around the property on this wagon.
After our tour we went back to the campsite, and rested. Some of the group got together and decided to have dinner, to use up the stuff that they suspect the border patrol would take, when we cross into Montana tomorrow to visit Glacier Park. After dinner, some got together to finish the joker tournament, while some of us sat around a fire and talked for awhile. Tomorrow morning the campground is making breakfast for us.
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
No comments:
Post a Comment