Icefields and unlimited awh!

Our night at the Raven's Nest was enjoyable, though a bit stuffy in the middle of the night. We trapesed our bags back down from the second level room to the bikes. We made a quick stop at Horseshoe Lake, which wasn't amazing, so southbound into the mountains we continued.

Mount Robson greeted us in its grandeur of a beautiful blue sky. The Berg Lake Trail allowed us to stretch our legs. The parking lot was quite full, but we made some space for the motorcycles. That's why they paint the hash marks where cars cannot fit, right? 😊

A Subaru was strangely parked 3/4 out of its space. Climbing gear strewen on the ground, hood open and two guys standing around.

"What kind of adventure you guys having?
Battery is flat.
We have a booster🔋 . It's got a tire pump if you need to top up your tire.
Actually, we have a flat tire too 🫪"

So, we rescued the motorists within 4 minutes, before starting the trail. It's 21km in length but we only ventured one km for a taste. The sunbeams were too hot, so it was decided all future walks would not include the riding pants or boots, as comfortable as they are 👢👖🫠

"Wow. Amazing. Gorgeous. Absolutely Spectacular." These words were on repeat as we ventured down the Icefields highway. The mountains, glaciers, rivers and lakes.... ⛰️💫💕

We popped into Jasper. There's a lot of rebuilding underway to remediate the devastating wildfire of 2024.

Bigfoot Bakery sold us its last cinnamon bun. We missed a pretzel as the people ahead of us snapped it up, our consolation item was a spinach and feta mini loaf. A grocery and beverage stop was required as our destination tonight is, the offgrid, Rampart Creek Wilderness Hostel.

South from Jasper there were next to no vehicles in our direction and it was a treat to ride. A couple obligatory stops for photos.

The hostel is 100m from the road, but does not allow vehicles up to the buildings. Parking was roadside and handy carts provided for transporting luggage. This is one of the oldest wilderness hostels in Canada. Rustic, and room for 24 guests, and very well set up. It was a full house tonight. $50 per person was a steal of a deal compared to Banff's $600+ room options. It had a nice kitchen, spotless pit toilets, propane heat, fridges, solar power, filtered river water, and a surprise Starlink connection to the web. Our room was shared with two other couples. One from Denmark and the other possibly Belgium.

We cooked up our tortellini with garlic shrimp and tomato pesto. A double helping of salad too. Cold honey brown beers seemed fitting for our setting in the woods.

Around 8pm the host, G, lit a camp fire for anyone to join. We joined one other couple D and T from Calgary, and had a great visit. They were enjoying backcountry overnight hiking and this was thrown into their mix.

As we were enjoying the fire and our Pre-mixed Sparkling Negronis in a can, we realized it was our 18th anniversary 🥂 🏅 🎉 It's a wonderful adventure!Read more