Chateau Jasper Hotel Jasper

... lovely creatures but very stupid. As soon as you pull a car or the bus up they come to investigate and we saw a whole group of them in the middle of the road, completely surrounding it and licking it. No idea why they were licking it.

Its been a great couple of days. Tomorrow I'm going to Banff for a couple of days. I'm hoping I can get a decent cup of coffee in Banff - I haven't had a good cup in days.

... at a steady and effortless 15 kms/hr, with his tail to the traffic but on the edge of the road. After we stopped, I went back to ambush him with the camera, but he was far more wary of humans on foot than in cars.

Soon after we began the hike we came across a deer ambling down the path toward us. But after that we saw no large animals at all – nothing but squirrels, and, once we had the elevation and reached the meadows around Little Shovel Pass, marmots ...

... everything you said, like he was genuinely interested (David: In fact he was just trying to think of his next joke, all of which we heard about 3 times each.) (Lois: ah, bless him!). Again, bedtime was not before 1am for any of us. I was very surprised by this train journey. I really believed that it would be a breathtaking journey through the Canadian Rockies. However, it was only 1 day through the Rockies and the rest of the 5-day journey was through miles and miles of flat ...

... into a dam bear. I read all the literature on biking and bears, the main threat is due to speed and silence, more chance of surprising a bear around a corner. I took it easy! There was no one about, bit chilling, just riding through this silent forest, the occasional squirrel and the constant sound of falling leaves making me jumpy and constantly checking my surroundings! You realize how vulnerable you are when your out in bear country, all I have is a small ...

... now. I enjoyed staying at this hostel as I met lots of people with us being there for a few days. I spent the evening talking to people about England as they were planning on visiting soon. I also looked at a French guys photos with Magda and Mika (from Holland). He had been to many of the places that I'm going to in the States so it was nice to see where I would be in a few weeks.

... to a vantage point to truly enjoy the sight. It was an odd day - cold to begin with, requiring gloves and woolly hats and then hot later bringing shirt sleeves and shorts. Although the early morning had started with clouds and mist they quickly evaporated leaving clear blue skies for us to enjoy every view. We stopped in the only campsite open in Jasper run as a Provincial Park campsite. We were very disappointed, although it was quiet ...

Wow!! What a great day!! We started in Lake Louise where we went to the Gondola ride up the hillside behind Lake Louise. It cost $25 for the ride but only an extra $2-50 for breakfast which was a huge bonus!! After we had filled ourselves with cereal and bacon, sausages, toast etc we headed to the Chairlift. It is amazing how many young Australians are working here. There were two or three Aussies operating the chairlift and more at the top. We rode on the T ...