Waterton

A stunning night sky filled with stars over Waterton, showcasing the Milky Way above the illuminated village.
The Prince of Wales Hotel.

Thirty-nine years ago we visited Waterton Park on our honeymoon. The Prince of Wales Hotel looked abandoned. I took a few pictures with the 2.25 Yashica. Once I developed the B/W film all the negatives were blurry from the wind. The negatives were also bad because the film was expired. I didn’t print any of them. 

Mt. Vimy between the Lakes of Waterton.

This time the pictures turned out better. The Hotel was a lot more expensive. We even got out under the stars for a wander around.

The Milky Way on a backroad away from light pollution. Waterton Park is known for dark skies.

The wind still howls at The Prince of Wales. The skies are dark in Waterton. A piece of The Milky Way is still bright before midnight. 

A scenic view of wind turbines standing tall against a clear blue sky. These are prominent at the start of the mountains where the wind blows continually.

It was nice to get away even for a short time to celebrate our anniversary. 

12 thoughts on “Waterton”

  2. mountaincoward's avatar

    mountaincoward

    Happy Anniversary! and what a stunning place to visit. Beautiful mountains and beautiful skies at night. Your Milky Way photos are superb and that first one makes the mountain look like a volcano spewing stars instead of lava.

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    1. underswansea's avatar

      underswansea

      Thanks! It is a very nice area. Part of a national park that stretches into the United States. We stayed on our own side this year. I won’t be able to look at that photo again without seeing a volcano.

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        mountaincoward

        I missed a similar shot once in the hills with my mother (in fact we both did). A military jet was climbing steeply and we had it lined up just with an old mine chimney on the hills – it really looked like it had shot out of the chimney. But we missed the shot – it would have been superb!

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    Jim R

    A belated happy anniversary to you love birds. Great photos. Melanie and I were in the Tacoma Washington area visiting our son and family the last part of Sept. I nearly missed this post.

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      underswansea

      Hi Jim, I hope you guys had a great time in Tacoma visiting family. Thanks for the anniversary wishes, we had a good time.

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