Friday morning, a beautiful sunny morning we traveled from McBride, British Columbia to Jasper, Alberta, a distance of 106 miles. We did stop before Jasper at the Mount Robson Visitor Center.
Mount Robson is the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies and was seen for miles on the Yellowhead Highway.
We camped in a National Park campground, Whistler, near the town of Jasper. We were in a dry camp area, no hook-ups, and were limited to running the generator from 8am-9:30am and 5-7pm. After getting set up we went out into Jasper National Park. In the Annette and Edith Lakes area we saw Big Horn Sheep rams along the road.
Eagle-eyed Larry spotted a wolf, turned the truck around, and surprisingly we all were able to see the wolf.
What a treat seeing a wolf in the wild! We then drove on down the road to Maligne Lake, another pretty mountain lake. As we returned from that lake we saw a stag elk with a magnificent set of antlers.
Before returning to the campground we went into the town of Jasper for dinner at the Palisades Restaurant, a nice Italian-Greek restaurant with beautiful views of the surrounding mountains. After returning to the campground Tom wanted to get our filthy, grimy car washed so we went into Jasper looking for a car wash but the sign stated open 12-6. Too late! Tom then walked to the bathrooms on the campground and got a bucket of water that he used to clean up the car.
