Day 39 Thurs- Back to the awesome Mtns…

The beds in the Super 8 Hotels are great are that still didn’t mean sleep issues… so up at 5 am to get organised….. John went out and secured our Grab and Go Brekky none of which I could eat but still great we can access it…John always manages to get something out if it.,. Fresh bananas, a muffin, juice, yogurt and a burrito…all sounds great…but the only thing I can have is the banana …. Better than nothing…anyway we were next to a Tim Hortons so I went over to get John a cappuccino which yep,they stuffed up, and me a bacon Farmers wrap I asked for tomato Ketchup they didn’t know tomato sauce as we do,…. But somehow she stuffed up and I ended up with fresh tomato 🍅 which I am not sure how this happened…but I did mite she charged extra which I thought was odd for Ketchup…but it was my mistake by mentioning tomato not Ketchup at the offset…..
Off we set through the thick pine Forrest…we tried to see the Meadow in the sky..but it didn’t open until 8am… we left at 6.50am…
Then tried a Historical spot but same deal to early…

So off up the Hwy most of which we had done before…slightly different coming from the other direction….Snow capped pecks appearing again, Lake after Lake….

We stopped at Fields again the quaint little Town we stopped at on our way to Vancouver…it was after Kicking Horse Pass the spiral Tunnels and of course Rogers Pass where all the unreal road works were being done to make that 4 lane Hwy off the cliffs leading on after Kicking Horse Pass…
Back to Fields we actually drove into this little village of maybe 50-70 houses most accommodation homes for tourists….it reminded us a bit if a Bavarian Village similar way they have done it up..,They have a lovely Restaurant there called the Truffle Pig 🐷 yet…As we walked into it, there were flying pigs hanging everywhere from the ceiling….we were quickly shuffled off to downstairs were those who wanted coffee were allowed….you could only go in if having lunch and as it was too early for lunch we couldn’t stay there….So we bought our coffees which were actually very good coffee for a change…plus I hadn’t eaten breakfast after my wrap wasn’t right so I go a bacon, egg, cheese muffin thing which was hot , but very gooy from sweating in the afoil in the heat of their oven warmer… and whatever the bread was made from upset my poor old gut no end for hours…I took everything I could to calm it but it just had to take its course…

Anyway we went for a small wander around the few buildings close to the Restaurant which looked down over the very wide flowing mint green river just beyond the rail line…next to the restaurant was a massive old rail water tank…it had this big round stand under it that was made from a wooden structure…in the wooden structure there were all theses big holes neatly made…I said to John I bet a woodpecker made that…and he had just finished reading about the jolly woodpeckers here doing just that…you can just tell by the shapes they make they are quite distinctive…. Funny they should do this in normal wooden panels nit a tree…but the little buggars had done quite a number in it…

Back into the car and off we set up Kicking Horse Pass where there were 20 at least buses and cars…so glad we stopped the other day when it was just us to start with and inky one other car come while we were there…Then through that massive feat of roadworks at Rogers Pass…then onto finally a new Hwy yeah new scenes…and my glory they didn’t disappoint at all …..

The Hwy towards Jasper got Higher and higher, more and more snow capped Alps, Lakes, waterfalls and the Piece de resistance was the massive Ice Glacier which we had planned doing and the Glass walkway over the huge Valley Below which was further up the Hwy… but ohh my glory…hundreds of busses and cars and with that 100’s of people all clambering for their turn to go see this amazing view…So I said to John let’s just eat here I’ll get my pics from afar and off we go…The restaurants here were actually really well setup very well compared to Lake Louise which was just back down the Road from here….A good section and great process of serving and plenty of great tables to sit at…and because everyone was trying to get on a bus to take them to the ice fields there wasn’t a huge big line up…it was quite civil and plenty of spots to sit…bonus….It was quite cool up here so soup was the best way to go…..sadly my poor old tummy still was upset so couldn’t eat much…

Off we speed and like on the way along to this point we had stopped at quite a few sights to see either a water fall or a lake view…these kept popping up along the Hwy…so we stopped at a few…each scene kept getting better and better and the mountain rangers more rugged, raw and dramatic… In a few spots on in side would be makes of Mint Green flowing waters, in the other side of the Hwy be Turquoise Blue still waters in smaller lakes … such a contrast you didn’t know what to look at too many beautiful sights all at once…We did stop at a place called Natural Bridge, it had a torrent, I mean a torrent like a whirlpool swelling around and going under some craggy rocks with such force it had made a natural bridge affect above….just watching the sheer force of the water…all I could think was You wouldn’t want to fall in here you were be sucked in and never get out…

We eventually made it to Jasper and I will say a felt very disappointed…after all the years of hearing. about famous Jasper where the Rich and Famous head it looked very boring along the strip that appeared to be its Main Street… no character compared to Banff..,well tomorrow we will go and explore it more maybe it has more to offer it was only a quick look….
Tomorrow is also Canada 🇨🇦 Day here and they have been gearing up for it for months…well maybe 6 weeks…merchandise everywhere and their flags pouring from every nook and cranny,,.be interesting to see if they take them down once it’s over….

We drove into Hinton and our crappy accommodation…but it’s what we can afford..it was just too expensive to stay in Jasper… so Hinton it is for us…Tim and Jess are in Jasper…

Both are getting very tired… early starts and late finishes it was after 5.30pm again today…it’s wearing us both down…Plus the shifty tiny fridge in the room wouldn’t fit all our gear in it…so I was very naughty and drank what was left of my bubbles…then because I had made my own Sangria with real fruit in it..I could refrigerate it,.. so yep you guessed it down the hatch that went too….Thou Shalt Not Waste..🤔🤔🤔😩😩😆😆. Anyway least to say I headed to bed very early around 8.30pm…

Tomorrow us another day hey…Læs mere