The next day we went off south on
Alaskan Highway, still in heavy rain. As we reached Dawson Creek we wanted to find the
spot where everybody starts their journey north along the Highway. However the rain was so
strong that we decided to move on into Alberta and by the late afternoon the rain had
stopped and we had reached Hinton just outside the Jasper National Park. Here we stayed at
a nice motel with views to the snow capped Rocky Mountain to the west. |
Pizza Hut with views to Rocky Mountain at Hinton
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In the evening we went for a pizza at a local Pizza hut. As we are
used to in Europe we asked for red wine with our meal. First we were told that wine was
not appropiate with pizza but we insisted. Then the waitress asked us |
| to open the bottle ourselves. So we did and we had a wonderful
meal including exceptional panoramic views around. Next day we entered
Jasper National Park for a small fee for 8 days. This park is a natural wonder both for
its abundance of wildlife and for the magnificent natural scenery. At noon we entered
Jasper village where we found a small but comfortable room at the Athabascan hotel for a |
Elk in the meadows at Jasper entrance
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| reasonable price for three nights. The cold Athabasca
River was flowing just in front of the hotel. |
Athabasca hotel in Jasper
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The afternoon was spent locally making a phone call to Denmark to
assure that everything was OK in Jęgerspris and washing all our dirty clothes at a
laundry close by. The following two day we explored as much of the
scenery around Jasper as we could. First we drove up to Maligne Lake which is south of
Jasper. In the visitor center at the lake we both bought small rucksacks for hiking along
the trails in the viscinety. However Jenses rucksack was broken when he |
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| tried it on. We returned and the lady in the shop was extremely
kind and exchanged it for a much better quality without any extra charge. This rucksack
has since then been on so many trips around the world and is really of superb quality. In
the vast nature along the lake we were almost alone. It was so quiet and we had so nice
views to all the mountain peaks around. |
Jens is enjoying the view to Lake Maligne, Jasper
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