A Day in Jasper
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| Village of Jasper |
June 4 Monday Headed into
the village of Jasper this morning to do a few errands: mail
postcards, buy stamps, update the blog and get a haircut for Liz. As we walked down main street we noticed an unusual driver (see
2nd picture)
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| Lenient licensing policies in Canada? |
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| What do you think of this Pat? |
Beautiful day, so we decided to drive out to Patricia
Lake to eat a picnic lunch.
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| Maligne lake |
Then we headed to Maligne Lake
which is about an hour from the village. Maligne is the largest and
deepest lake in Jasper National Park. On our way back from
the lake we made a stop at Medicine Lake when we realized there was
yet another black bear! After snapping
pictures of the bear and other picture takers, we drove on to Maligne
Canyon. The Maligne River plunges 76ft into a narrow, steep-walled
gorge of limestone bedrock. We took pictures but they really don't
capture the depth of this canyon.
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| Yet another black bear! |
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| Maligne Canyon |
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| Elk is in the upper right |
As we arrived home, in
our campsite was a large, female elk calmly resting near a pine tree.
We weren't sure if we should get out of the car, but we did slowly
and it didn't seem to phase her as we unloaded the car and climbed
into the motorhome. For the next hour, we had the opportunity to
take many pictures of her...a couple we are sharing here.We thought
maybe she had settled in to have a calf....wouldn't that been quite a
post for our blog?
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| View from inside our RV |
Terry Tracy
ReplyDeleteI see that mister skunk is enjoying the veiw of the elk also.From seeing your pics it must be very common for these animals to be out & about near people.Great pics.
Terry, We have been surprised to see as many bears and especially the grisly bear that was walking along the side of the road. There are a lot of wild animals in Banff and Jasper, Canadian National Parks.
ReplyDeleteAngela just finished taking me through a tour of your blog. Wow! What scenery, what wild life and what an experience... It is inspiring. John Filzen
ReplyDeleteThanks John! The blog has been fun to do and a great way to stay connected to home. Also, this will probably be our best documented trip ever...usually have a ton of photos at the end of a trip and then it is a hassle to sort through everything for the highlights. Hope you keep checking out our blog! Enjoy your summer! Liz & Gary
DeleteThanks for taking us on vacation with you. I find myself looking everyday to see where we went!!!
ReplyDeleteWe are so glad you are coming along with us! We love hearing comments from everyone...the blog has made it a great way for us to stay connected. Say hi to everyone at EMA for us!
DeleteLove the pictures with Mr. Skunk! I bet he didn't realize that he would become so popular and such a traveler! Thank you Brooklyn for letting him go on the trip.
ReplyDelete-Laurie
hello Gary and Liz awesome pics and storyline!
ReplyDeletetime to give motorhome a bath EH! love the snocoach!
TERRY RIVERS
FREEVILLE,N.Y.
Terry , Yes the motor home and Jeep need washing. However, there are more muddy roads to come. In fact we just found out the road North is closed due to mud slides. We will hunker down tonight and check in the AM on the road status.
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