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
