Blogs from Jasper, Alberta, Canada, North America - page 8

Sharon: We're in Jasper! We rolled in (actually, cycled up) to the town of Jasper this morning (Day 6). We went extra far yesterday to make it to Snaring River campground, which to our great relief, as we were cycling down a less used mountain road as night set in, was an actual campsite. Unfortunately, despite our best attempts at being honest, we couldn't find any way to pay this morning so we're officially freeloading hippies. Things have been great so far! Highway noise is the new silence and wind is my new biggest pet peeve, as it is ALWAYS in the wrong direction. We've cycled over 400km so far (plus 10km of cheating when it was getting dark and we got a ride to the next campground near Hinton from a nice man named Larry). ... read more

Hi everybody, well I certainly haven't been doing this blog as much as I anticipated. We have had no internet access for the last 5 days, and even this connection is very slow, so we'll see how it goes. We are currently in Hinton, which is about 45 mins north of Jasper. We have been having a wonderful time. Scenery has been absolutely amazing and weather on the whole has been pretty good. The RV we rented is big and rather luxurious. Certainly big enough for us all. We travelled towards the Rocky Mountains via Hope and a orchard town called Kelowna. We then headed to Golden and Banff. Gorgeous town Banff. I imagine it would be beautiful to see in Winter. So we have done all the Lakes - Lake Louise, Moraine Lake, Peyto Lake ... read more

Happy Canada Day everyone...frequently referred to as "Canada's birthday," the occasion marks the joining of the British colonies of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Province of Canada into a federation of four provinces on July 1, 1867. When I broke camp this morning I had to pack everything wet. Not an issue if you can dry it out within a reasonable time. It was cooler this morning since I was at a higher elevation but very comfortable traveling especially with my Transitions textile riding jacket...well worth the investment vs. leather. Oh by the way, the electric bear fence worked as I'm still here and typing...see the photo. My dad used an electric fence for years and it seemed to work very well. Wonder how much a jolt I would get if I touched it? I ... read more

So this ended up best day of tour so far. Ok so its early days. Today we traveled out of British Columbia and into Alberta. The morning started off with an included breakfast at Denny's (Denny's became a lifesaver on my various travels around USA and Canada. Open 24 hrs - love it). The breakfast included bacon, pancakes, scrambled egg and sausage. I remember I only ate half of it but unsure if that is because I wasn't hungry or if because it was bad. We headed into Jasper with a few stops along the way. One of them was wells gray park where there is a life size statue of a moose. Let me tell you those things are huge.! Think Clydesdale horse big. If i ran into it is would breath into my face ... read more