Saturday, May 10, 2008

Jasper wildlife

Hello everyone from Jasper in Alberta
We are staying at a quaint lodge with a very nice room - 2 king size double beds. We are a little walk from the main shopping area which is not very large.
We arrived on the train last night having passed by a frozen Moose Lake which looked amazing. We also saw a lot of Mount Robson (only the top of the mountain was obscured by clouds). Has been raining this morning with a few bursts of sunshine. We had wildlife spotting on the train yesterday - I saw four bears (black), 3 moose and 1 deer. There are a number of elk in the main drag of Jasper. We saw eagles and ospreys from the train on Thursday.
We have discovered that most of the activities and tours aren't running in Jasper yet. Tomorrow we are doing one tour which is running.
We keep meeting up with another Aussie who we had dinner with on Thursday night in Kamloops. We are meeting her again for dinner at the Lake Louise Chateau next week. We have been told Lake Louise is still frozen and are hoping to walk around the lake. And we hear that it was raining 30 days straight in Banff - we are hoping the weather clears a little for a trip up the Gondola.
Bought my first patchwork today - 1 local design incorporating log cabins and pine trees (seen lots of these!) and another kit which was designed by the quilt shop owners friend which features three bears in a tree with a snowed capped mountain behind them - very cute. I also purchased yarn and knitting needles to knit myself a scarf which I am needing. We are having a top of 11 degrees today in Jasper - it was three overnight.

No comments: