FIrst Trip to the Mountains, Nature and Stuff

Well we finally got of our asses and wandered a bit to the West and visited the big pointies, damn we're ambitious. Jacqui finished early on Friday and we left about half one-twoish. Journey was nice and simple, get onto Yellowhead Trail, follow to Jasper, job done. Arrived at our nice little B&B then went for a wander and grabbed some dinner at the Jasper Brewery.


The ram at Jasper Brewery
Our B&B
Nature
Top of Jasper Tramway

Saturday it was raining so we drove around a number of places on the way to Maligne Lake, so named because it annoyed a Belgium monk ages ago. Saw some cool scenery and rivers then stopped for lunch eaten in the car, listening to Poirot on t'radio. In the afternoon we wandered back to the lodgings, Jacqui went for a stroll, carefuly avoiding bears, and I had a nap, due to a bad night's sleep. Then the clouds cleared for a bit and we grabbed the chance to go up Jasper Tramway and see some vuu. This we did very successfully. We did not make it all the way to the the top of the mountain, but we came close.

On our return we went to a really good restaurant called Evil Dave's and, once more, a good time was had by all.

Medicine Lake
Maligne River

Sunday we got up early and went for a walk around one of the nearby lakes then slowly made our way out of the Rockies stopping occasionaly, because we could. So even with the rain it was a lovely weekend, enjoy the pics.

Freight trains in Jasper
Maligne Lake