I've been waiting to be blown away by the scenery in Canada and today it finally happened. Not that things have been that shabby till now but in general the words springing to mind have been along the lines of nice or pretty but not wow, blow your socks off. Today that changed. It was a long transport from Williams Lake to Jasper. Most of the day was through more nice pastoral scenery. In the latter part of the day we followed the Thompson River up to Valemount on the western side if the Rockies. This 200km long valley is certainly very beautiful but the road is busy and there are not many photo opportunities. Once we turned east from Valemount we headed into the Rockies themselves and suddenly the scenery changed from nice to drop dead gorgeous. I guess that's why it's a national park. We did a lot of stopping in the last 100km to Jasper and all of the photos today were taken along this section.
We saw our first bear today. Scampering across the road early in the day. No time to even stop before it was gone but still nice to see. I note that one should stay in your car if you see a bear in the national park - hmm. I might keep the bear spray a bit more handy now. Several people have told us the bears are in a protein gathering state now..
In life you get what you pay for and although beautiful, Jasper and I'm sure Banff are rediculously expensive. To ease the pain I am off to use every condiment and consumable I can find in this snotty little hotel. Daves already been into the dining room to uplift bowls etc so we can have some if our stale bran for breakfast as double price here still excludes breakfast. Bastards.
Anyway, enjoy the pics.
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