G'day All,
Today marks the last day of the Calgary to Jasper leg of the trip with Samantha and Oliver and there are a few sights to see; the edge of the world and Edith Cavell mountain glacier. A nice walk to Edith Cavell glacier with its small lake with icebergs.
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| Edith Cavell Glacier with iceberg lake at the bottom |
Next we headed to a hidden (or at least unmarked) trail to a place called the edge of the world. The trail leads to the edge of a massive drop off with a view to Jasper city in the valley below. The edge just drops away to over 1000 feet below.
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| Edge of the world - a massive drop off overlooking Jasper in the distance. |
After we got back there was enough time to put some washing on and try and get this blog updated. The internet was playing up so obviously that's why we ran out of time to update the blog. We did make time to get to the washing done and readied the luggage for the Rocky Mountaineer train trip tomorrow. At the last minute Oliver suggested a place to hopefully see some bears so he and I headed out, along the way we found several interesting photographic sites.
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| Medicine Lake - Jasper |
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| The setting sun lit up the trees burnt in a forest fire, started by lightning in July 2015. |
We went as far as the road could go, to Meligne Lake, without seeing a bear but about a quarter of the way home we saw some action about10 - 20 meters from the side of the road. A mother bear and her cub foraging for food.
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| The strength these bears have is amazing as this one tears through an old log. |
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| . . . and the baby |
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| Coming closer for a better look... |
We spent about 30 mins watching them before the light had started to fad and the animals headed for the forest out of sight.
Cheers
Gary and Penny
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