Jasper

A couple of weekends ago we went to Jasper with Tony, Angie, Ian and Lorn. We stayed at Jasper Park Lodge which is a rather nice hotel just outside Jasper, made up of numerous cabins and chalets around a couple of lakes. We were booked into a regular type of ensuite room, but owing to a faulty thermostat which was locked on 27 deg C (you can put the hammer away now Richard) we were upgraded to a suite overlooking the lake. It was lovely.

Friday evening we had dinner in Jasper with the others and luckily were in the restaurant when there was an extremely heavy snowstorm outside. As we're semi Canadian now and not wussy British, we were able to dig the car out afterwards and drive back to the hotel without any problems. We went back to Tony and Angie's room for some Tony's rather heavy handed drinks.

The next morning we were supposed to be going skiing with others, but owing to the resultant hangover in the lightweight BF, we decided just to have an easy day instead, I had a wander round Jasper in the morning while Richard slept it off, and then in the afternoon we had a stroll around the lake. Half way round we met some rather large elk with huge antlers, so we skirted round them giving them a wide berth. However, they then decided they were going to take a short cut and walked across the lake so we met them again on our way back. Magnificent creatures, but rather large close to.

Saturday evening we all had an excellent dinner together at the hotel, and then went our separate ways after Sunday breakfast. It was a great weekend and nice to unwind after a very busy couple of weeks at work.