May 7

Jasper National Park

Alberta, Canada

 Here we are at Icefield Centre, Alberta, which is one building with a hotel & restaurant and a few stores.  On the left of the building are stairs to the parking lot.  Notice our Rig in the bottom left corner.  From there we took the Columbia Icefield Glacier Adventure!

We rode a bus from the building out to the edge of the glacier.  Notice these trees with branches on only one side.   This was done by wind picking up sand and blasting the trees.  The larger the trees grow, the more sturdy they become.  

This huge snow blower made a road on the glacier before the bus drove on it.  Below are the buses that take groups of people onto the glacier.  Notice the huge tires, bigger than tractor tires.   The yellow bus below is one of the first buses to go out onto the glacier.

Pictures taken while standing on the 

Columbia Icefield Glacier!!

We were the first group in the morning and there were only 5 of us and the driver.

Really good!

On the next page, notice the road coming up next to the bus drivers head.  It is a 32% grade!  Lots of retired people and college kids drive these buses.  They live in a dorm for the season.

Athabasca Falls!

Another wonderful experience and like nothing we have ever seen before!

Pictures driving from Jasper through the National Park to Hinton, Alberta.

Awesome Views!

Just before leaving Jasper National Park, we stopped at the Miette Hot Springs and enjoyed the mineral springs with a Rocky Mountain View!

Walked on a Glacier in the morning and

went swimming in a Hot Springs Pool in the evening!

What a Day!!

We are living the DREAM for sure!!