Wild Goose Island in Glacier National Park - Montana.
A 1936 "Jammer" buss, we went up "the highway to the sun" about 7,000 ft. and the top of the Continental Divide, I think. Don't hold me to anything I tell you I could have been "vacation shock" about now.
I think this is Lake Louise, but it might be Molena Lake, they are both equally beautiful. 
Hooray we're home!!! I have a hard time with "sight seeing vacations" I get so bored, but I survived this one and it was beautiful. We saw lots of mountains, lakes, glaciers, trees, lakes, mountains, did I mention trees? Well you get the gist.
We went to Calgary (the natives pronounce it Cal Gary)before out tour began so we could catch some of the Calgary Stampede. The Stampede is really just a big fair with a rodeo attached. The evening show was very long after the Chuck Wagon Races but they were fun. I had never seen a Chuck Wagon Race and it was quite entertaining. Here is a video of one race, they have 9 every night, Let's see if this works, if not you will have to use your imagination.
The next day we had to do "The City Tour" of Calgary, it was a 4 hour tour of things I'm not too interested in but muddled through, we went to "Fort Calgary" the beginning of the North West Mounted Police. Here is my sweetheart pretending he will eventually "Get his Man"!
He's the one in the middle, not the one checking out what is inside his nose.
The tour included a visit to the "ice house" where they train for the bobsled race for the Olympics. That was kind of interesting, also up to the top of the ski ramp. Calgary hosted the Olympics in 1988 and are in process of updating their equipment to comply with recent technology. They seem to be very proud at hosting the Olympics in 1988 and now in 2010 they will be held in Vancouver.
That afternoon after "The City Tour" we went back to the Stampede to see the Rodeo. I don't understand "grown up men" is there such a thing? trying to kill themselves by riding a bucking horse or bull. I try very hard to stay away from such animals. All I got of this afternoon was video of bucking horses, nothing too interesting. However if you want I'll download them for you - let me know.
The next day we began our tour. We went with Caravan Tours, if you ever get the urge to ride on a bus, sorry coach with 20 or more couples that are fairly "up in age" try a tour. We did enjoy the tour, I think that last comment was a warning because we fit right in. You may be touring with us. The first stop was Fort McCloud another beginning of settling Western Canada. The North West Mounted Police (Mounties) were on horseback here and the horses did some pretty amazing things. I guess there was so little to do that the "Mounties" practiced and practiced, here is a picture of Fort McCloud.
They did some pretty amazing stuff on these horses. They did some "formation" riding, I can't think what it's called, with music and put on a pretty good show.
From there we started on the really scenic part of the trip. We headed to Watertown Lakes National Park. We stayed in Watertown which is only about 35 minutes from Cardston and the Cardston Temple. Watertown is so small that there are no cars to rent or no taxis to take you anywhere, the bus driver Bo was reluctant to loan us the bus and we tried to contact several members in the area but it just didn't happen. Anyway here are a couple pictures of Watertown and surrounding areas.
Watertown Lake, it was very windy there and somewhat chili. The temperature was about 55 degrees, the altitude 5,500 ft high. So cool and windy but very beautiful.
Next is Watertown falls, can you see the deer in this picture? In Watertown the deer roam all over the town. There is wire around any shrub or flower so the deer doesn't destroy everything. There were a lot of doe and faun combinations but we didn't see too many buck. They looked like Mule deer but they were very small so I'm not sure what they were.
Now here is a picture of Watertown, a very quaint village that caters to tourists in the summer and all but about 40 residents leave in the winter.
They make the best fudge in this little store. It was right off the stove, very fresh and very delicious and very expensive, but what the hey, we were on vacation!!
This is the only photo I can find for Elizabeth Brown Wilcock. Second wife of William Wilcock and my great grandmother. Everything I've read about Elizabeth is that she was a kind and loving mother to William's 5 older boys and also to her own 4 sons.
Elizabeth was born 3 March 1833 in Bolton, Lancanshire, England. Elizabeth's mother Alice Fowler Brown was "betrothed" to a man named Samuel Barrow. No one knows what happened but they never married. When Alice's parents, James & Betty Brindle Brown found out she was pregnant she was disowned and thrown out on her own. Elizabeth was born in a cellar with no one to help her mother. Can you imagine giving birth in such circumstances and being so young as Alice? Alice was 16 years old.
Elizabeth knew her own father, Samuel Barrow, and was given employment in his home as a servant. She always spoke well of him, calling him a respectable, kindly man with a good family. Elizabeth later worked in a cloth factory as a loom weaver.
A story is told that a man forced his attentions on her and she became pregnant, her daughter was named Mary Alice Brown, she was living with her mother and step father George Boardman. The baby died at age 2 years.
Elizabeth joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints after hearing missionaries at a street meeting. Later she and her friend Margaret Williams saved enough money to travel to the U.S. and eventually cross the plains to Salt Lake City. Margaret married in Salt Lake but Elizabeth moved south to Parowan and there married William Wilcock.
Shortly after marring William, Elizabeth was able to send money to England so her mother and step father could join her in America. George Boardman died before leaving England, but Alice came to Parowan and Elizabeth enjoyed the companionship of her mother for many years. Alice Flower Brown Boardman is buried in Parowan.
Elizabeth was a small, frail woman, many wondered how she managed to take care of her 9 boys and her husband. She was happy and contend, she died at age 60 in 1893 in Parowan, Iron, Utah.