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The train ride was over 5 hours long & it took us the whole trip to play 5
crib games because we were easily distracted by the beautiful scenery.
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In Jasper, we stayed at the
Jasper Alpine Inn,
which turned out to be a wonderful hotel. We were given the
Elke
Sommer Room ~ this is a section of our room. There was also a
king size bed, a jacuzzi & a bottle of champagne in the fridge ~ sweet.
It's named the Elke Sommer room because she stayed there for several months
back in the 90's while they were filming the Canadian television series
"Destiny Ridge". We really didn't know who Elke was until we came home
& googled her. Turns out she was quite the actress back in the 60's &
has made 99 movie & television appearances.
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The first night we went on a
moonlit tour of Malign Canyon. We walked along the bottom floor of the
canyon, which is filled with water during the summer, but freezes in the
winter. Our guide, Jeff
said he once saw a complete fish frozen in a sheet of ice down there - cool. We
saw some awesome ice waterfalls, like the one above & filled our bottle full
of cold, glacial water. Some of the water is fed from underground too & as
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It was a beautiful night with no
wind & a full moon. |
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The next day we went on a guided
snowshoeing trip. On the way up to
Malign lake we spotted this moose who was standing in the middle of
the road licking the salt off the pavement. She's pretty but not too
smart, eh? It was a thrill nonetheless to see a moose up so close
- she inspected our van for a good 15 minutes, licked the tires & eventually
moved on. There was a Scottish Dad & his daughter on the trip too & it
was a lot of fun to experience it with them - they were over the moon about
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I'm taking a picture of our
guide, Brenda who is at the back. She's explaining something about the
trees, I can't remember what it was now, but she was an excellent guide who
stopped a lot to tell us cool little tidbits about the region. She was
also always looking for fresh tracks & wildlife. She said that in
the last week they had seen a pack of wolves, but we weren't so lucky
spotting them. The company we did
both tours with is
Beyond the Beaten Path & I highly recommend them if you're in
Jasper.
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Chris asked me if this was my
"artsy" shot. Not really, although that's funny. I just wanted
to share the type of snowshoes we wore. These are the traditional
style. There's a newer style that looks a lot different, but they're
not great for deep snow, & we were in deep snow most of the time. |
