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Day 13 05/14/18

  I am writing this on my computer because the Internet is almost unusable to post to my blog.  We are camping at Whistlers Campground in Jasper National Park.  Which is the largest national park in the Canadian Rockies. This is one of the steam locomotives that used to pull thru town.


 We set off this morning to Athabasca Falls.  A huge waterfall that has eaten away at the rock creating a spectacular falls.  I am adding a photo I took of a bear trap at the campground entrance.  Bears are a problem and all food and other types of treats must be kept inside the trailer. 



On to Athabasca Falls.  I will try and add a fabulous pic of the falls if this internet will allow.  I have added a picture of a crow at the falls.  This was the largest crow I have ever seen.  Probably about 5 lbs. 

Seems that there are a huge amount of Asian travelers on bus tours.  All very pleasant and all smiles.  We haven’t seen many US license plates either in town or on the roads.  We did see an Oregon plate but other than the one we seem to be the only Americans on the roads.  Lots of rental RV’s on the road also.  I believe many are from Europe as they land on the west coast and then rent these all-in-one RV’s to travel and see another country. 

After the falls we continued on another hour to Columbia Icefield and Athabasca Glacier.  If you haven’t seen a glacier up close their size is beyond description.  Just a huge piece of ice nestled into the side of the mountain.  Their size defies description.  I would only suggest that once in your lifetime you should take a trip and visit a glacier.  We stopped at the visitors center and had lunch.  Did I mention how expensive everything is up here.  Sue had a small cup of chili and I had a hamburger.  Only $31 Canadian dollars.  Still with the conversion rate it was about a $25 dollar lunch.  Sue then took a hike for about  30 minutes while Gracie and I sat in the car.  We then proceeded back to the campground, about an hours drive.  I took the car and filled it with gas and went to the market.  Then back to the trailer for a well deserved nap.  Sue reminds me that on the way back we came upon three cars that were stopped by the side of the road.  Sure enough a photo opportunity arose.  Lo and behold, it was a young black bear eating whatever was of interest right next to the road.  Don’t know if they are aware of the cars.  Of course no one got out to take a closer look.  Glad I had a telephoto lens on. 

 P.S. Good thing we also brought the Good Sam camping book as a gift from the Bay’s.  Without
the internet we could not search for the next campground.  But the camping book gave us good
suggestions.



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