Tuesday June 17, 2014 Jasper, AB, Canada

 We got up at 7 and I made coffee.  There was no internet.  After our coffee we went to the nearby Jasper Skyway.  The tram goes up a mountain that overlooks the valley where the town of Jasper is.  From the top we could see the valley, the surrounding mountains and many glacial lakes.  We had breakfast at the restaurant at the top of the tramway.  After breakfast Nancy gave a briefing of tomorrow’s travel.  This leg of our journey is 322 miles, the longest planned.

View from the top of the mountain.

Jasper Skytram

After getting back to the bottom of the tramway I found a geocache in the parking lot.  We then returned to the coach before touring the area.  We drove downtown to check out the only service station with diesel.  It is under renovation and there is only one lane suitable for large coaches.  We decided not to hook up the Jeep until after fueling.  We also hope it isn’t busy when we get there in the morning.   I found one geocache while we were looking around and DNF’ed another one. 

We then drove to Maligne Lake.  It was about 30 miles.  Maligne is one of the largest glacial lakes in the world.  There is a small lodge there along with boat ramps, canoe rentals and lake tour boats.  It is a very pretty area.  I found one geocache there at a picnic area.  On the drive to the lake we saw two deer and on the drive back to Jasper we saw a black bear and a female moose.  Rhose pictures are below.

Meatloaf at a restaurant in Jasper

I took this for BIN John

At the train station in Jasper

We returned to the downtown area and had lunch and hit a few shops.  I found two geocaches.  The second was in the owner’s yard and we met him and talked for awhile.

Back at the coach we visited with our neighbors and fellow caravaneers, Bob and Rebecca.  They are from Indianapolis.   The mosquitoes were coming out so the visit wasn’t too long.

I took down the flag and emptied the sewer tank and put away the flags and flagpole.  Gerri then cut my hair.  After the haircut I went out and found four more caches and filled the Jeep with gas.  Back at the coach I unhooked the water and sewer in preparation for tomorrow’s travel.

We called it a night at about 11 with plans to try to leave the park by 8.

Deer

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A female Moose

This was a picture taken a few days ago of a Grizzly Bear