We intended to be back in the United States tonight but stopped in a tiny whistle stop called Fort Steele to spend our last Canadian cash on gas before crossing the border down the road a few miles and heard a genuine steam locomotive whistle nearby. We learned that it was part of the Fort Steele Heritage Town nearby. This is the partially restored and functioning original Fort Steele town complete with townspeople in original dress in the stores and on the streets. To walk the streets and visit the buildings is like taking a step back one hundred years or more in time. The town includes government buildings with a jail and post office, an assay office, a variety of stores complete with stocked goods of the era, doctor and dentist offices, churches, a school, a hotel, a theatre, a blacksmith, a tinsmith, log homes and many other businesses and structures all fully furnished and many are staffed. The best part for me was the working narrow gauge steam locomotive train including an old pullman car with a water tower and all the chug-chug, whistle blowing and steam blow off characteristic of those trains. It was mid afternoon when we started and we had very little time until closing but we visited as many buildings as possible, went to a live stage show that was a lot of fun, and rode the train but there was still much to see and do that we didn’t have time for so we decided to camp in the local RV park and go again tomorrow since our tickets were good for two consecutive days. We ended the day with a swim in the pool which was very cool but felt good as the heat has been turned up considerably the last couple of days.
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