Astoria Hotel Bed & Breakfast Jasper

... i tots els trastos d'escalar fins aqui per fer el Mont Robson, el pavo deu haver pedalat uns 400 km per carreteres de muntanya arrossegant els 40kg del seu equipament (el seu trailer era com aquest http://www.bobgear.com/trailers/ ). Un home en estat salvatge i molt espiritual que m'ha donat una postal dibuixada a ma per ell mateix. El preu que en vaig pagar ? em va demanar que fes un favor a algun desconegut. He portat a un noi que feia hitch-hiking (fer ...

... a spot in the dome viewing area in the dining car for the ride through the rest of the rockies. Unfortunately I didn't see any wildlife but my disappointment was made up for by the breathtaking scenery, which you can see on some of my photo's.<br><br>That evening I had a lovely dinner in the dining car with a girl from Vancouver whilst enjoying the amazing backdrop of the rocky mountains. Fortunately I had smuggled the remaining Canadian Whisky on board and managed to ...

... it, and while I thought he was crazy, he got within 10 feet of the thing and got great pics! It was really great. <br><br>Overall it was an awesome night, beautiful place to stay and I'm sure we'll be back to stay there again as Brad was upset that he didn't have time to golf that course!<br><br>Distance Travelled Today: 246 miles or 397 km<br>Travelled By: motorcycle

... Lakes, and Cottonwood Slough (about 15km). Actually had a good wildlife spotting walk, first seeing a Beever, then a red fox (which would have come up and nibbled on our toes if we hadn't shoo'd it away), and finally a big bull elk (seriously large antlers) with two of his ladies. We were actually a bit nervous walking close to them, as its calving season at the moment and the Ma and Pa elks can be a bit antsy, and with antlers like that.... After ...

On Day 2, we drove south towards Athabasca Falls, then headed up a rocky, unpaved road to hike the Geraldine Lakes trail. We made it past the first lake and midway towards the second, finally turning around at a massive rockpile. Afterwards we went into Jasper for a dinner of Japanese food. Details in the photos!

... dorm laughed in her sleep all night, and as a result Christine got almost no sleep. The hostel does have a nice big kitchen and dining/common area, as well as a firepit out back, and it's on the road to the Whistler gondola while still being close to the townsite. (In comparison, the HI hostel in Banff townsite has more small rooms; and it's in town, though rather out-of-the-way up the road to Tunnel Mountain. There's an infrequent bus.)

... who posed for photos! We have decided that the Canadian Rockies are number 1 on our 'favorite places visited' list - they are just so spectacular!!! More to follow when I get some more money to feed into this damn computer... Dean: Thursday 6th July - Hiking the trails around Jasper. There are a number of trails around Jasper and we did a bit of a 'mix n match', jumping from one trail to another. We walked ...

... we got to see the Mexico City streets almost completely empty. We got our early morning plane to San Fransisco where we were to spend the next 9 hours. I really wanted to go to the pier and see the Golden Gate Bridge and the Aquarium but the airport ****ed up our baggage and we ended up waiting for those for almost 2 hours then we had to check them in all the way at the other end of the airport. By the time we had any time left it was too late to go anywhere. I was pretty mad ...

Well I am almost packed. I went out and got a waterproof disposable camera, tons of film, a new camera case, rechargable batteries and some mp3 headphones. Dont worry - nothing is worth too much. I am only taking 4 bikinis...the absolute minimum!!! We are going to mec before we leave so Jesse can get some sandals. I have to keep telling myself that I cant spend too much money here- I would rather spend it over there. Only 2 more days ...