Day 17 - Jasper

Ruth & Chrigel had to return to work today.

After breakfast, we went on a short hike in the area and later joined their neighbors, the Klopfstein family, for coffee and continued our journey.

Before leaving Jasper, however, we returned once more to the Community Bath and Sauna - who knows when we will have this opportunity again.

In the afternoon, we finally left town toward Banff National Park.

The Canadian Rockies looked massive and bold, and the valleys were broad. Everything looked wild and on a large scale - impressive! We were almost at 6,560 feet, and some ground was still covered with snow. We spotted more Elk and Moose and groups of deer grazing peacefully alongside the road. We were hoping the bears had finished their winter sleep, and we would spot some, but no luck so far.

By evening we reached a nice campground and were surprised to find it quite crowded for a Monday.Les mer