Page 18 - FF USA Exchange Diary September 2016

DATE: Thursday 28 July FROM: Margaret Kalispell to Calgary by Airport Shuttle

Boarding the comfortable bus at the Red Lion Inn at the Kalispell Mall for a respectable 10 am departure.
Drove along Hwy 2 around the south side of Glacier National Park through West Glacier, East Glacier and
Browning. Final glimpses of the beautiful USA Glacier National Park and the coninental divide before
merging into the Waterton Lakes National Park of Canada the far south of the Canadian Rocky Mountains

Border crossing Port of Piegan / Carway. We all exited the bus and were taken into the office for processing
by a very miserable lady, our challenge, to make her smile. Achieved! – who can resist 10 fun loving Aussies?

The beginning of Alberta farmland with colourful yellow Canola crops, some grain crops still green from
excessive summer rains this year and other crops almost ready to harvest. Magnificent wind generators seen
throughout the province. Short stop at Fort Macleod and onward to Calgary home of the 1988 Winter
Olympics – COP – Calgary Olympic Park.
Dropped Ron & Daphne at the International Hotel downtown, Gay with a 5W friend. Onwards to the Alma
Hotel at Calgary University for Anna, Geoff, Susan, Pranom & Margaret. Lynda & Glen met by 5W friends.