Wednesday 21 July 2010

too busy hiking to do any blogging

but will update in couple of hours (after our evening walk) it's daylight till 10pm so we are making the most of it - check back in a couple of hours for photos !!

in bullet points

sat 17th
walk around toronto - indian parade hare hare hare krishna along the main shopping street, then onto harbourfront (i'll take the 2nd yacht on the right) st lawrence food market (bargain rhubarb and apple pie)

sun 18th
niagara falls - two maidens riding in the mist (those of you who've been there will know what I'm on about)
CN Tower including vertigo inducing glass floor (only 3x4m mind) lovely views though

mon 19th
fly to edmonton (including barking dogs under plane -somewhat distressing, even more distressing the news that David Cameron is our First Officer on board)
not very scenic downtown so might as well watch some good-looking men on a giant screen - Inception - i kind of lost interest after level 3 - worth seeing though
nice of of the day in the completed deserted swimming pool !!

tue 20th
greyhound to jasper - it's high season and only about 10 people on our bus !!
arrive to glorious scenery and sunshine so decide to go for evening walk - which was pretty steep and demanding - SORRY JO!... we spotted 5 deer though and had couple of pints afterwards

wed 21th
sunshine again - hurrah so up to Jasper Tramway and then up to summit where there is snow!
just got back an hour ago but will have bit of evening stroll followed by some beers which may or may not cause a delay in uploading those photos.....

3 comments:

  1. Yes my ankle is just about holding out! Also we seem to have brought the good weather with us - it was snowing in Jasper last week!

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  2. I cannae believe that you've both been there for a week ... and Jo's been there for three!

    Did you ski in the snow... or snowboard?

    Have you seen any more black squirrels?

    Tracy xxx

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  3. Hi Tracy

    The snow was gone by the time we got there - we brought the sun with us! Didn't just see black AND red squirrels but also deer, marmots, several elk and Heike also saw a black bear (I was on the other side of the minibus - boo!).

    We were lucky that it only rained on and off during one day which meant that we able to visit the Coin Op Laundry (the glamourous life of travelling!)

    We finished each evening hike in the Jasper Brewing Company. Note: Jasper is already 1,000 metres up into the Rockies which means the altitude makes you get drunk quicker!! (Well thats the excuse I'm using!)
    Jo x

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