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Beginning of our road trip Kamloops & Jasper.
... of a local trucker. He seemed to be providing directions to a lot of different people & was happy to tell us where to go! On getting to the motel they upgraded us to a room with a king size bed & jacuzzi bath! I wasn't even aware that Motels offered this type of upgrade but apparently they do. So it was Friday night & we were in a new town. What to do with our night? A trip to the local Wendy's for dinner (they do Jacket Potatoes & salad!) & a load of ...
Travel-versary
... to realise that we weren't going to see any wildlife. But then, up ahead, we noticed a Parks Canada van pulled over and other cars on the side of road. So we decided to join them and we were rewarded with a gorgeous black bear weaving in and out of the trees. He walked away from us so we drove to the front of the parked cars and waited patiently. As we were considering giving up and driving on, out he sauntered, right towards us and then back into the trees! We were so happy to have ...
Rocking in the Rockies!
... all of Mt Robson, you can only see all of Mt Robson 12 days a year as it is always covered in clouds cause it is the tallest mountain in the Rockies at 4000m or so.
Jasper village is within the National park and all properties are owned by the government. You can by leases for the land but as the village is part of the National park there are no expansions allowed. Jasper town, isn’t that exciting to be ...
Jasper National Park
... of the mountain for “Breakfast with a View”. From the altitude of 7000+ ft we had gorgeous views of Jasper and the surrounding area including Mt. Robson, the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies. The rest of the day was free to use as we pleased so we took a couple of hours to check out the town of Jasper. Donna got a one hour internet fix and I found a used bookstore to replenish my library. Next we reentered the park ...
Wildlife sightings again!?!?!?!
... The other half of the plan was, after checking out the lake and the possibility of a paddle, to drive another 20km up the road and stop off at a hot springs. Halfway to the lake, Tim realized he had completely miscalculated and the hot springs were a backtrack of 30 km and then 61km further down another road….Tim had misread the guidebook and map….this is perhaps sweet justice as every chance Tim gets to tease Jess about her map reading skills, ...