tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post63009707983153689..comments2024-03-22T18:13:10.026-06:00Comments on On the Alberta/Montana Border: Going BackDiane Stringam Tolleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-14897997204148690702013-08-29T09:31:22.365-06:002013-08-29T09:31:22.365-06:00Amazing! So different from my summers in land-lock...Amazing! So different from my summers in land-locked Alberta. I would love to have witnessed it. At least once.Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-62809994255065060082013-08-29T09:29:25.305-06:002013-08-29T09:29:25.305-06:00Now you've made MY day, Marcia! Yep. Dredging ...Now you've made MY day, Marcia! Yep. Dredging up memories. That's what I'm all about!Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-39905128400149429862013-08-29T09:04:50.309-06:002013-08-29T09:04:50.309-06:00That would have been wonderful! We loved driving a...That would have been wonderful! We loved driving along the streets with snow drifts so high it was like driving through a tunnel. Seeing all of the buildings almost completely buried. Absolutely beautiful. A picnic would have made it perfection!Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-4146808132555262022013-08-29T09:02:37.269-06:002013-08-29T09:02:37.269-06:00I haven't seen the new 'improvements'....I haven't seen the new 'improvements'. Now I'm not sure I want to. But . . . so long as they don't change the Falls. Or the hiking trails, or the lakes, I guess I'll be all right . . .Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-48315051085276866372013-08-29T09:00:42.832-06:002013-08-29T09:00:42.832-06:00Here's where I admit I've been everywhere ...Here's where I admit I've been everywhere in Canada EXCEPT PEI! It is our next destination of choice. Your summers sound heavenly!Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-69757929213380957512013-08-29T08:55:38.284-06:002013-08-29T08:55:38.284-06:00Oh, that would be perfect!Oh, that would be perfect!Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-43934698176353918492013-08-29T06:43:53.995-06:002013-08-29T06:43:53.995-06:00I remember the 50s and being free to roam the enti...I remember the 50s and being free to roam the entire town as long as I was home by sundown. We spent most of our summers on the beach, going down after breakfast, cadging empty soft drink bottles from the teenage boys trying to impress girlfriends and cashing them in until we had enough money to buy fish'n'chips for lunch, then we'd just be in and out of the water until the sun set, which was often about 8-9pm. The best part was the summer thunderstorms when most other people left the water, we'd stay in and go under, looking up through the water at the lightning and fat raindrops splashing above us. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-42075644162171618062013-08-28T20:53:52.215-06:002013-08-28T20:53:52.215-06:00OMG my heart just stopped when I saw this blog pos...OMG my heart just stopped when I saw this blog post--my dear father who is no longer here used to take us to the Prince Of Wales hotel and to some if the rustic cabins near the lake!!! Waterton, Banff, Jasper National Park---Oh how I miss those days. Thanks for the sweet memories.....menopausal mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09058933838070665032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-18681450593531338162013-08-28T16:23:02.647-06:002013-08-28T16:23:02.647-06:00Waterton was a favourite destination when our kids...Waterton was a favourite destination when our kids were growing up. We'd often pack a picnic lunch in the dead of winter and head for one of the enclosed kitchens by the lake. We have many fond memories of Waterton and I miss it a lot.Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06065113724187544247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-70112515412244582132013-08-28T16:11:34.559-06:002013-08-28T16:11:34.559-06:00I was there just last weekend. I'm still fumin...I was there just last weekend. I'm still fuming over how the big money convinced the powers that be to allow them to build that hotel complex and nix the buildings that had been there (some) for over 75 years. The Kilmorey Lodge (built back in the 20s), a hotel on the lake, just as you enter the town, burnt down four or five years ago. The owner has been trying to get permits to rebuild (much the same as it was except more up to date) and has encountered nothing but roadblocks while the new complex got its permits and had the place built in far less time. Other than that, I still love to visit Waterton as often as I can. Despite the aforementioned monetary infringements, it still has its quaint charm.<br />Now for the ghost that haunts the Prince of Wales Hotel. There might be (2) of them now as there was one in the Kilmorey who no longer has a place to haunt...George Stringamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11375285536941813368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-28450380551569373572013-08-28T11:30:38.375-06:002013-08-28T11:30:38.375-06:00That is a breathtakingly beautiful picture! Your s...That is a breathtakingly beautiful picture! Your summers sound ideal. Change isn't all bad, but it would be nice if the good stuff stayed the same.<br /><br />When I was young, we stayed at home for the most part. But we usually spent a weekend on PEI, seeing the sights and enjoying the ferry ride both ways. I was a quiet kid so I enjoyed home - bike-riding, reading, helping in the garden. Extended family came back to NS each summer because the grandparents were here, so we got to see lots of family. And there was a provincial park nearby where we swam and had the occasional picnic. I think I had a pretty good childhood, too, when I look back. jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-58731934547229334012013-08-28T10:33:35.749-06:002013-08-28T10:33:35.749-06:00We didn't take holidays in the summer. I stay...We didn't take holidays in the summer. I stayed home and occasionally had a friend for a week. As long as I wasn't at school I was perfectly happy. A bale of hay, a bit of shade, my books and art supplies.....summer was perfect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com