Jasper

Two weekends ago we went to the mountains for the first time in about 6 months, to meet up with Ian, Lorn and Fin, and Tony and Angie. The weather in Edmonton had been getting fairly mild (above zero most days) but we drove through a huge snowstorm to get there. This meant that we didn't see much of the mountains when we first arrived, but Saturday morning was absolutely gorgeous. Here was the view from our breakfast table on the Saturday morning.

We spent quite a lazy weekend, wandering around Jasper and chilling in our B&B, but we all met up for dinner at Jasper Park Lodge on the Saturday night.

We saw loads of wildlife that weekend including mountain sheep, elk and our first sighting of a moose. There were two of them by the side of the highway on the way to Jasper.

We saw the elk in a huge herd, just outside Tony and Angie's cabin at Jasper Park Lodge. I even managed to capture a couple of the young males jousting, although they stopped fighting almost the minute I started filming. I bet David Attenborough never had that problem.

Fin also got to grips with a bear, with the help of Tony...