Shintangle Spring Bed & Breakfast

Shintangle Spring Bed and Breakfast, Waterton
I have mixed feelings about BB. On the one way, you get a bit closer to the place you are visiting when you stay with a local; you get breakfast; the accommodations are usually unusual. On the other hand, they often do not have the extras a motel/hotel has (laundry, internet, etc.), they serve breakfast (which we often don’t really eat beyond fruit and cereal) and they serve it on their time; you may end up breakfasting with people who have a severe case of logorrhea; the lodgings are often unusual.
Shintangle is actually an excellent bed and breakfast. It is located about 6 miles east of the entrance to Waterton and about 10 miles from the downtown itself. So, the location is not ideal, but the views are spectacular overlooking the park to the west and the prairies to the east. It really gives you a sense of the two dramatically different environments. The house is spacious with four guest rooms and a common room with access to a fridge, micro, television, DVD/VCR (but no internet or computer). Breakfast is served at two times, 8 and 8:30 (we did not get to pick) and every fourth day, it is served at 8, 8;20, 8:40 and 9am, when Heather is making omelets. The two breakfasts we were there for were omelets and French toast. The first was fine. Clearly, Heather is not a gourmet cook and the omelet was simple with no special presentation. It was served with potatoes and rye toast. But the best thing about the breakfast was the Saskatoon berry jam. We declined the French Toast, something we just don’t eat and instead asked for fruit and toast.
Heather is flexible, but she also is conscious of what people are eating and both Asha and I felt a bit guilty about not finishing the omelet. She said not to worry about it, but still I don’t want to feel like I’m hurting someone’s feelings when I’m paying for the breakfast. There is a selection of tea and coffee always available and heather puts out cookies and fruit in the evening. The cookies looked liked the mixed selection from the Walmart. I didn’t try them. We did imbibe of the tea, hwoever. And popcorn is also available.
Our room was the Parkview with a twin and queen. The beds were very comfortable with excellent bed covers (not the slippery kind at cheap motels that fall on the floor) but layers of several blankets to adjust for the temperature. It does get cool in the nights, and we opened our window to let some of that air in. There are no outside noises ( a nice thing about being outside the town).