I was a little sorry to leave Jasper, as I felt there was still a lot to discover and explore in this area. The people struck me as being very friendly and extremely laid back, even by Canadian standards. Given a choice I would definitely choose to spend time here rather than Banff.
On our journey to Clearwater we stopped off at Mount Robson, Canada's highest peak (pic below), worth seeing but an obvious tourist trap. From Mnt Robson to Clearwater there was a definite change in the topography with the introduction of some farm land and commercially cultivated land. Also towns and villages seemed to sprawl in a totally unplanned way on both sides of the highway.
Today we took a trip to Helmeckn and Dawson Falls...once the thunder storms had abated. Both were very spectacular, Helmckn is almost 3 times the height of Niagara.
Hi Sally here, I was sorry to leave Jasper too and the guys at Peak Motors deserve a mention for their efforts to fix our oven - way beyond the call of duty. This area we are in is quite different. The most obvious difference is that there is more than one kind of tree - campsite has lots of birch trees and other bushes and tree things.
Making the fire meant Gordon had to get to grips with an axe and unlike our nearest neighbours we did not chuck some fuel on the fire, we did it the boy scout way! We did not see any bears today but the notice at the campsite office says there is a bear that has been seen in and around the camp. Perhaps one wild bear will be our limit. When we stopped at Fleurs Bakery we met a German family who had been up at Dawson Falls the same time as us and they asked us about the bear. We missed it. Perhaps that is why we saw an Elk fleeing across the road in front of the RV. It is a bit of a contradiction sitting here by the fire and tappng into the free Wifi.
Glad to hear from Stuart, Rachel and Kirsty plus Mum and the "five of us", anyone else out there?
Most importantly discovered peach and ruby red grapefruit cider today. Wow! 7% and it tastes so much better than plain old cider. Did not try apple cider as that seemed a bit strange but will be sampling pear next. Gordon slowly working his way through the Canadian beers.
Hi! i am having a great time! I'm surprised that there are still no signs of crazyitis! today in between rain and thunderstorms i went for a swim and played Frisbee piggy in the middle with a couple of Canadians, it was really good fun! i cant believe we have nearly been away for 2weeks and we have had the motor home
for just over a week! but this means there is still a lot of time for me to getcrazyitis!!!!!!!!!! night night xxxxxxxx love eilidh
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