Day 16 - Sun Peaks to Jasper

Glorious sunny day so we decided to have a walk around Sun Peaks before setting off to Jasper. It's a small, purpose built ski resort with alpine type hotels and buildings, so very pretty. We grabbed some breakfast from a cafe and sat outside at the foot of the slopes in the sun - my kind of start to the day!! I had the best yoghurt pot with granola, fruit compote and honey 😋. The hotels are literally at the bottom of the slopes but all the ski lifts are closed for maintenance in preparation for the ski season in a few weeks.

Another 450km drive today and we'd been warned that there are not many petrol stations so to make sure to fill up in advance. We asked a lady where the nearest petrol station was and she said "at the bottom of the hill", which we assumed was about 500 yards 🤔.
32km later we reached the bottom of the hill.....wondered why she asked if we had enough fuel to get there 😀.

Driving is easy as the roads are pretty quiet and there's so much lovely scenery to look at - mountains, lakes, trees with all the autumn colours. Not like British motorways!!! We pulled off the road for a break and I could see on Google maps that there was a little lake nearby (Eleanor Lake, in a place called Blue River) so we headed there. WOW!!! It was the most beautiful, tranquil place. We sat on a bench and ate our sandwiches, just soaking up the peace and the stunning view.

The clocks went forward an hour when we entered Alberta so we didn't get to the hotel in Jasper till after 7pm. Went straight for dinner and had an early night. Had the best night's sleep of the holiday 💤.Read more