The morning was beautiful – not a cloud in the sky. Everyone kept telling us that it’s the best weather they’ve had all summer – so we’re pretty happy to hear news like that!
As we left the campgrounds to go to the city of Jasper we were lucky enough to pull over and see a bear feeding on some berries. We were all super excited, but it wasn’t long before the Park Rangers asked the growing crowd to get back in the cars for the safety of everyone.
We did a quick tour through the city of Jasper and were pleasantly surprised by the growth and change since we were there back in 1999. It’s nice to see franchises like McDonalds and Tim Hortons haven’t moved in and changed the culture of this rustic and beautiful city.
As we drove down the Icefields Parkway we played a Bingo game given to us by Parks Canada. As we made our way South, we were able to mark things off like waterfalls, sedimentary rock, avalanche paths, mountains, wildlife, and of course glaciers.
We just returned from the Columbia Icefields – it was really cool, well actually cold! Oliver and I had been there before but only to walk on the base of the glacier. This time we decided to take the full tour and go up to the top of the icefield. It was fun to ride on the Brewster buses that had wheels around 5 feet tall! We could use snowtires like that for some of our winters.
At the top of the glacier, they let us out on the ice where we could walk around and take photos. The water was beautiful and looked blue because of the refracted light. Mik filled up our waterbottle with some of the glacier water – it tasted delicious but was extremely cold – teeth freeze!
We’re now on our way to Lake Louise and then for a couple of nights of camping in Banff.
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