I did the touristy thing yesterday, but I doubt
I can do justice to it if I try describing
what I saw, so I'll let the images do the talking.
(click on images to see detail)
A two and a half hour drive through the Canadian
Rockies, and I found myself in Jasper, AB.
Jasper, the town, is virtually in the middle of Jasper,
the national park.
With ticket in hand... well sticky-taped to the
windscreen... I was good to go.
It really is a beautiful part of the world.
It's like driving through a wonderland.
And the locals seemed to like the place too.
Some of which had cute little houses...
(note the outside loo on the right... I'd say
with a loo like that, you'd really
need to go in mid winter)
Oh and this little house had quite a frontage...
As well as checking out lakes and mountains,
I went to a gorge.
This gorge isn't very wide, but it's 51 metres
at its deepest point.
See the foot bridge above? I was on that
when I took the pic below...
This is a mother Raven sitting on a nest
about halfway down the 5o metre wall of
the gorge, and apparently there are 4 eggs.
Its mate was with it just before I took
this shot, but unfortunately it flew off
just as I focussed.
There's plenty of things to look at in the
town of Jasper too, but it really is set up
for tourism.
But even so, it is a pretty place nestled
in amongst the snow capped mountains.
But being an Aussie, you know,
from that big dry sandpit in the
southern hemisphere, there was
one thing on this trip that really
impressed me. Watch the video
below...
It may not mean much to you, but I'd never
seen a frozen lake before.
I'm very lucky to see these things, in fact I'm
grateful.
Cheers.
