Jasper
My old BVI flatmates and good friends Mo & Kerry have recently found themselves working in Jasper which just so happens to be close (in Canadian terms) to Edmonton. I managed to borrow dad’s car for the day to drive the ~300km trip out to spend the evening with them and take in the sights of Alberta’s other big national park.
Mo & Kerry were my tour guides for the afternoon and we did a bit of hiking while wandering around some falls. I don’t remember the name I’m afraid, but it was suitably impressive for someone living in London who doesn’t get to see such things on a day to day basis.
After our little hike it was off to Jasper for dinner and then to Hinton for a quick walk around the beaver boardwalks. These are a series of very cool elevated boardwalks that meander through a marshy area directly around a beaver damed pond. We sat and watched 3 or 4 different beavers swimming around collecting food and just doing their beavery things the way only beavers can. ( I’m trying to increase traffic to my site by collecting search results for the word beaver, you may have noticed)
There was a pretty amazing sky on the way back to Mo & Kerry’s place so I took quite a few images like this next one all through the car window. Gotta love nature in Canada!
More images of lovely Jasper in the gallery.
Tags: alberta, beaver, canada, hinton, jasper, national park