June 15, 2019 - Saturday
Kalispell, Mt - Macleod, AB Canada

The weather has been perfect for the last week or so.  We are now have about a 4 hour drive today.  On our route we were able to visit the West and East Glacier Nat'l Park.  There was a haze in the air and we think it might be from the Alberta fire that has been burning for a few weeks.  Pictures are not so clear but I think you can vision the beauty.

Lake McDonald - West Glacier Nat'l Park

We then drove to Lake McDonald Lodge to tour and check out the scenery.  The lodge was built in 1913 as a Swiss Chalet Lodge and in 1987 was designated a National Historic Landmark in Glacier Nat'l Park.  It has a massive fireplace and a concrete floor scored in a flagstone pattern, with messages in several Indian languages inscribed into it.  We sat by the fire for awhile and then strolled through the outside of the lodge.  They have there own Reading Room & Auditorium.

Tessie's wasn't quit charged yet so, we walked on over to the General Store which is a few hundred yards from the lodge. 

We then continued on to East Glacier Nat'l Park on Hwy 2.  We were going to take the beautiful "Going-to-the-sun" road through the park to St Mary's and charge but the road is closed for snow removal till June 21st. So our alternate route took us to East Glacier Park Village which is St Mary's Lake and it's mountainous beauty. 

As we continued to drive we came across several wild horse who decided to meander on the road and roadside. 

Here are the last pictures taken before we cross the boarder into Alberta, Canada.  Montana is a beautiful state with lots of meadows, dense forests and beautiful mountain ranges. 

Well that was pretty easy crossing the border into Alberta, Canada.  Board Patrol seemed pretty relaxed with us compared to when we came over into Niagara Falls.

We drove into Macleod, AB to Super Charge Tessie and grab ourselves a bit to eat.  When we booked our stay tonight we couldn't figure out how come there are no major hotel chains in this town.  Well this place is a ghost town.  So, we had to drive another 15km to Lethbridge for our nights stay.  Yeah, there's a brewery within walking distance (across the parking lot).  We checked into our hotel and headed over to Coulee Brew Co.  We had a couple of brews, I order Ahi Salad and John ordered Fish & Chips...delicious. 

Ok time to turn in for the night...been a long day.