CANADA – DAY 6 SUN PEAKS [BC] TO JASPER [ALBERTA PROVINCE]
Weather great again today and we are off early.
We are now in the Canadian Rockies with astounding
views. The bus weaves its way through
thick forests, past meandering rivers which are often a milky colour from being
feed from glaciers and the limestone terrain.
We see soaring mountains, ice age glaciers and tumbling waterfalls as we
make our way through Jasper Park…the largest National Park in Canada.
Our first stop this morning was at Dutch Lake a beautiful
little lake with a caravan park on its banks.
Some big motor homes and rigs pulling them.
Our next stop is at a river with viewing platforms to
witness the salmon spawning. We are
lucky enough to see them and get some good pictures /videos. Michael gets a clap as the last one on board
the bus, but he denies he is late.
We stop at the base of Mt. Robson for lunch. This is the biggest mountain in North
America and being a Saturday is a very busy spot to get a sandwich for
lunch. The site is so clear and breath
taking.
As we head off after lunch, we have to put our clocks
forward 1 hour as we transfer from Pacific Time to Mountain time and head for
the province of Alberta…the taxes are less there.
We arrive in Jasper around 3:30 – 4:00pm, which is a busy
railway town. A train was being prepared
for departure to Kamloops to link up with final leg as the Rocky Mounaineer at
Kamloops, for return to Vancouver. The
centre of the town is flat surrounded by a ring of snow-capped peaks. Fresh snow had fallen only a couple of days
ago.
We walk around the town centre for the next couple of hours,
browsing in the art/craft shops. Long
walk to our accommodation “The Lobstick”. Tonight we were looking forward to
the so called best steak in Canada according to the guide……..we were all very
disappointed with it being very tough.
Jennie, our guide apologised next morning and a complaint has gone off
via the Tour Company head office.
The accommodation contained a breakfast/lounge /kitchen
area, with a separate bedroom. The room
unfortunately smelt strongly of peanut cooking oil.
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