Felt so good just to huddle under the covers this a.m. Got up to quickly put on pot of coffee and while it was boiling (can't use electric coffee pot) got back under the down comforter...mmmm cozy!
Went to breakfast at a place close to the campground here. One thing we have noticed is that everything is really expensive. Comes close to gouging in our book....used to have 4 day passes for Canadian Nat'l Parks, now only 1 day pass and they mean 24 hour period! Can either get 1 day pass or a year pass - $115 for year pass, $15/day pass. Bought a bottle of water at Lake Louise (16 oz. bottle only) and it was $3.15 - which makes it more expensive than gas! Which, by the way is $1.20 per liter or about $5 gallon! Eggs, sausage and toast this a.m. was $10.15! The exchange rate is just about equal now...think we come out about 7 cents ahead. At any rate, I guess that is what has surprised us the most!
Got away around 10 I think and day's driving took us down the Icefields Highway!!! WHAT A SPECTACULAR DRIVE!!! Every bend in the road took your breath away! Glaciers, snow, huge mountain peaks! Pristine lakes, rivers and waterfalls. The road starts out following the Sunwapta River and then the Athabasca River. Stopped at Sunwapta Falls...Gorgeous! Then to the Athabasca Glacier. Had decided to take snow coach tour out to glacier, but first wanted to go to the toe of the glacier so drove over there. After we had walked up to the base of the glacier we were more than satisfied with what we had done and decided to forego the snow coach tour to higher up on the glacier. Our hike was uphill all the way and in one place through quite a lengthy patch of snow, but well worth it when we got there. Took the dogs and when we came back down, Gabby went nuts playing in the snow.
Further down the road was the weeping wall....a rock face which has about 10-12 waterfalls! That was also a wow! Some were skinny and misty and others were wider and had some force to them. Then went on to Athabasca Falls and that was awesome as well. All this water thundering down this skinny chute that could not have been more than 20 feet wide in some spots. There was also a 90 degree turn at the bottom of the falls. Really neat!
Drove on into Jasper and found the only campground w/ hookups - 781 spaces, 100 w/ full hook ups, several more w/ water and electric only. The full hookup sites were all taken and as we got to the window they closed the water/electric sites b/c they were full...That meant we were dry camping which is not really a problem as we have water tanks in the RV and holding tanks for waste water. Lights run on battery and the stove is propane so we could cook...but no electricity meant no microwave, no recharging batteries, no hairdryer, etc. We could get potable water at the campground, just not at our campsite. It was not a problem. Refrigerator also can run on propane OR electric....switches back and forth with what is available. So we are set up for the night. Jerry is planning the roads we will be taking tomorrow as we head for Dawson Creek to meet our friends and traveling companions, the Graingers. Then we will be heading up through British Columbia and the Yukon and on into Alaska.
I have loaded pictures from today onto the laptop (thank goodness for batteries) and have entered travel information into computer as well so that IF and WHEN we EVER get internet again, I can continue to keep in touch. Love to you all, Linda
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