Hotel Mount Robson Inn Jasper

... mosquitoes had hopefully been killed off by the frost. This was the right decision. We hit glorious weather (three days of 26 degrees plus) and almost no clouds or bugs.<br><br>There are numerous campgrounds in the area, but we decided to stop at Maccarib, 19 km up the valley and about one kilometre before Amethyst Lake. This worked out pretty well for us, as when we emerged the following morning from our tent, our only company in the campground greeted us with ...

... up in. I have read that bears will happily move a tonne of dirt and rock to get a marmot. I don't know if that is literally true, but it clearly has some basis in fact. They are phenomenally powerful animals.<br><br>We spent our first night at Snowbowl, a pretty campsite 12 kms from the start of the hike. We had a nice time chatting with fellow travellers including a local couple who make an annual migration to New Zealand to escape the Alberta winter. <br><br>We had 24 ...

We arrived in Jasper in the pouring rain so we took shelter in dinner and were considering staying in a room somewhere, but fortunately the rain stopped and we headed out to Whistler camp ground where we camped in the forested camp park where we had to watch out for the wildlife such as bear and elk. We were able to have a Camp fire so we were able to stay warm and have some good cook ups there such as steak and ...

So after my great experience at the hostel I made several new friends.  One of the friends turned out to be on the train to Vancouver.  Her name was Esther and she was from Germany.  A nice girl I ended up sitting with her but I soon was out of my seat to take photos at the observatory deck.  When I came back she was holding her nose with klenex and she had an ice pack on her head.  It looked like she had hit something.  She was laying out on ...

... watched the pandemonium. The only noise now filling the elegant bar was the Head Waiter gushing, "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry". I was absolutely saturated and now smelt like a brewery! We changed tables and I sarcastically thanked the Head Waiter for our free drinks before he'd even offered us some as compensation. He was so apologetic and very embarrassed and despite the utter chaos and the attention we got from other guests as I screamed at the tsunami of Guinness splashing over ...

I rose early and got breakfast, I went riding. I hired a bike for the day, $30 not bad, thats for 24 hours. Kell decided she would have a day of doing nothing, just reading and catching up on her diary. I headed out at about 10ish, checking the bike for mechanical defects, instantly seeing a trashed pedal, so I informed Ashley and selected another, cos I ain't taking any blame, they charge you for damage!! I headed of, 3 layers on, soon realizing I needed to put my ...

... I drew some Brass out. I'm keeping things cheap and simple with pasta. We then drove to HI Jasper, about 2 miles from town and at the foot of Whistlers Mountain, what a spot! We said goodbye to our group and Michael, it had been a good few days. Ashley got off here too, she was working in the hostel! We got checked in, $150 for 5 nights and then got orientated in the hostel, made our beds and then had tea, before chilling and heading to bed! Another cracking day!

... with a running commentary made from the can of the RV on the journey - wow, ..... wow, ...... wow. As you can see there was not a lot said, but what was, said it all. There are just too many sights to mention and after only a few kilometres we had taken dozens of photographs, it was at that time that Phil told Chrissy that the journey was nearly 300kms and every one of them turned out to be as spectacular as the one before. What is very ...

... the view. Heading to the other side of Jasper, we drove up a long narrow winding road near Mt Edith Cavell, which Nath and I agreed reminded us of Vienetta ice-cream dessert with its generous dusting of snow. Near the top, Dad, Nath and I did a walk up to Angel Glacier, the wings of which hang precariously to the cliff. There was also the smaller Ghost Glacier, and a massive lake of ice and water with more glaciers and ice formations in and around it. It was quite a sight ...