Two Hams on the Road

Monday, August 3, 2015

This was our last day in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.  Tomorrow we head for Banff National Park.

Yesterday we headed up to explore two lakes in the mountains, Patricia Lake and Pyramid Lake.

Patricia Lake was named for one of Queen Victoria’s granddaughters.  It was used during World War II to investigate the possibility of boats made of an ice composite.  Although possible, it was determined to be impractical.

Pyramid Lake was next.  This lake is surrounded by mountains and the site of a lovely lodge.  We had lunch at the lodge, which was preparing for a wedding.  We also ran across the photographer taking pictures of the groom’s men.

Just glad no one fell in!

This is Pyramid Mountain, where the lake gets it’s name.

This is Mount Edith Cavell from Pyramid Lake.

I don’t remember the names of the other mountains, but Steve took some great shots.

The lodge had a great sculpture outside.  We saw a lot of these in Canada.

We headed back to the trailer, only to run into both sheep and elk on the way. 

First, sheep had traffic backed up in both directions.  Someone had spilled something they liked in the middle of the roadway and they weren’t interested in moving.

Then, a few miles later, a much smaller crowd for an elk, who was just chillin’.

Monday started with a sighting of an eagle in a tree beside the road.  No time for a photo.  We headed up to Miette Hot Springs.  Of course the scenery was beautiful.  This is the stream we walked next to on the trail to the hot spring source.

The source of the hot spring is not all that impressive.

They pump the water to a modern pool for swimming and relaxing.  Being a holiday weekend it was crowded.

On leaving the parking lot, the long horn sheep showed up.  One decided that there was something really good underneath this car.

One of his friends posed for Steve.

And two last scenery shots.

We headed for the nearby town of Hinton for lunch, fuel and groceries before leaving tomorrow.

We’ll be driving through Jasper National Park to get to Banff, so there will be more great scenery.

Take care,

Deb