Jasper Canada was the furthest north we have come on this trip. We have each observed that this is probably as far north as we will ever get. This may have been our trip to Alaska. It was very nice, if somewhat more warm than expected. Heat waves have a way of happening anywhere.

It was lovely anyway. And spring-like anyway. And we visited as much of it as we could in the time we had.

Paint Brushes have been in season for much of our journey, as we have moved northward. They seem to have become this trip’s official flower. But we don’t remember ever seeing yellow Paint Brushes before Jasper.

And snow capped mountains. One could get tired of snow capped mountains. But there were also plenty of bare stone and tree covered mountains.

And wildlife.

We went to a hot springs to soak and play – No Photos – it was a very gray day and the place was crowded but not near full. It was about a 60 mile side trip and everyone loved the 40 C waters. Then there were cooler pools of 38, 25 and 20 C for a break from the heat.

We went to several water falls. Some were tall and elegant and fragile. Some shook the ground and thundered like Niagara.

We hiked many woods. And found many lakes. And you would not believe the rock formations.

We “flew” to the top of Mount Whistler for a bird’s eye view of the region. It was a cloudy day and clouds were moving all about us.

This is the view Eastward from Mount Whistler. The village in the center is Jasper. The white stripe is the Athabasca River, which is white this time of year from what they call rock flour in the glacier melt water. Every body of water had unique colors from the kind of stone that was being ground up by its parent glacier. In the woods at the lower right, you may see little white spots in the trees. Those are white RVs and tents in our campground.

We are now camping in Lake Louise, which is about 150 miles south, back in Banff National Park and will post another update in a few days.