804 Miette Guest House Jasper
804 Miette Avenue Jasper, Jasper National Park, Canadian Rockies, Alberta, T0E 1E0, Canada
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Canyon ice (?) walk
... trying to stay upright. Heading back downhill was supposed to be easier, but I still had a couple of tumbles. When we got back to the bus Alicia thought that we had only hiked about a couple of miles - it felt like much more!
Anyway, despite all the knocks and tumbles it was another great day, and we are glad to have had the experience.
When we eventually got back to the hotel it was straight down to the pool to make use of the hot tub!
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The Night of the Rustic hostel
... the driver called Brad obviously has no one else to talk to as he clearly practises his tourist speil in the mirror everymorning. It was word perfect and he even paused in the right places to make sure his jokes got the correct reaction. We transferred off the bus onto a Terror bus - which is basically a multipurpose vehicle with Massive Wheels. It is quite a machine. Apparantly only 23 have been made and 22 are owend and operated by the Columbian Icefields - the other is used ...
Banff - gateway to the western Rockies!
... a vertical drop of 380 m. The name "Takkakaw" is a Cree Indian word meaning "magnificent'. The Falls are located in the Yoho National Park. Takkakaw is fed from the Daly Glacier (part of the vast Waputik Icefield).
We arrived at the Kicking Horse Ski Resort at Golden for lunch - there had been talk about a gondola ride but none about a chair lift ride! Andrew started saying that we were going up to the restaurant on top of the mountain in the gondola, ...
Jasper, Alberta
... up to prepare for three days hike of Skyline trail. Early in the morning´s departure from campsite we ran into huge deer who was wandering throughout of campste previous night and not was feeding on trees close the road. We disturbed him, he got really upset and tried to attact our car. We were really lucky that we drove away and nobody got hurt, neither der nor our car of its passengers.
We finished Skyline trail in two days intstead of three days ...
It's all about water
... sighting must be the Mother moose and calf on Moose Lake with the roadside bear a close second.
Have to point out the bear was less than 4 strides away from me. I was sat in the car with the window open, mother wanting me to lean out and take photos. As you can imagine I wasn't too keen on being eaten by a bear and mother's keenness for a good picture... so every time the bear moved closer I was busy trying to edge the car forward, ready for my quick getaway!
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