Jasper Inn Alberta

... valley, Eremite. So we tried to cover the extra 4.5 kms to Moat Lake on the evening we walked in. We made it to the lake shore in front of the Tonquin Valley Back-country Lodge, which was a beautiful spot for boiling up our noodles for dinner, but we didn't quite have the time to get to Moat Lake. We would have done, but we kept losing the sporadically marked trail. As the late afternoon wore on, I was increasingly worried that we were getting into that time of ...

... and the coldest wind I have ever met driving snow into our eyes. We were very pleased to drop off the ridge line. Although it kept snowing, the visibility improved and so did the apparent temperature. Although my cheap pocket thermometer did not budge from the -2 it proclaimed on the ridge, the wind chill had gone and that had to be worth at least 15 degrees. We traded the beautiful views for the a very pretty snowscape, and even better managed to swap campsites with a ...

I will give you some more information about yesterday. It is really hard to remember everything, so I made notes. It was a long uphill climb of 8% grade for a long way between Banff and Jasper, but we made our way slowly. The other beautiful color that I wanted to tell you about was the white color of the Aspen tree bark intermingled with the green of the Spruce tree. It gets dark here around 10:30 or after and daybreak starts around 5:00 am ...

... line, they were on either side of the train as it made it's way into the mountains.  It was a perfect postcard shoot.  It is beautiful to look out the window and see tall tress with the sun cutting them or to see the artic tops perfectly with the clear, sunny weather.  The views were so fantastic that I spent my whole memory card on it.  As I sat at a picnic bench in Jasper waiting to get back on the train Esther came and told us the whole ...

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!

In July, Arvin and I came back to Edmonton for a friend's wedding (hi, Cynthia and Ray!). While I was in Alberta, I took the opportunity to go on a road trip to Jasper with two other friends, Anke and Christine. Hurrah! I should mention here that at this point my younger brother Mikkel had just left to go to a French language program in Jonquiere, Quebec (sorry no accents). His blog can be found at http://www.intrigueblue.com - he's got ...

... the banks of the Athabasca River, and around a number of beautiful lakes (especially Lake Annette and Lake Edith, which were stunning with their clear green and blue water, lined with forest trees and with the Canadian Rockies as a backdrop). In total we walked between 15-20km, but it was well worth it. In the evening we went for food at a restaurant called 'Evil Daves'. It was really good food. Really good.

... oh well. We spent our time seeing all the cool exhibits that they had around and going into the bookstores. We got to see an archaeology exhibit and some beautiful cultural exhibits from around the world. We both got some books and sat down and read for about 3 hours. Anyway, so we got into FROZEN Edmonton at about 11 pm and to my dads at about 12:30am. We drove home yesterday and now we are here. And now I am ready to go on another trip as soon as I can take a solid ****... Sara

... we have almost 2grand to spend between the 2 of us for 2 weeks. I think that will be fine. lol. I know we could have done it for a third of what we have, but, we will be the ones having the most fun down there. I want to go kayaking for sure, surfing for sure, hiking, I want to visit Teotihuacan and Monte Alban, and I want stay in some funky places and eat some amazing food, and of course, come back with alot of stuff. So ya, I will keep ya posted.