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Grande Cache, Alberta to Jasper, Alberta & Jasper National Park

...Drive it Home

Thursday, June 24th

Miles Driven Today:

130 miles

Friday, June 25th

Saturday, June 26th

Total Miles of Trip:

2,518 miles

Sunday, June 27th

Hours on the Road:

5:00 hours

Monday, June 28th

Started At:

9:30 am

Tuesday, June 29th

Wednesday, June 30

Stopped for the Day:

2:30 pm

Thursday, July 1st

Friday, July 2nd

It has been one month today since we boarded a plane in Austin for Seattle and the beginning of our journey. We've traveled 2,518 miles since we left Anchorage and have driven in Alaska, Yukon Territory, British Columbia, Northwest Territory, and now, Alberta. Today we arrived in Jasper National Park, part of a chain of mountains making up the Rocky Mountains that extend down through Colorado

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Driving it Home

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Montana Majestic Mountain T Tour

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Friday, Aug 6th

On The Road Again

Yellowstone then Home

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Runs great...

....Drive it home.

Runs great...

....Drive it home.

Day 31 - Saturday, July 24, 2010

Getting to Anchorage

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and New Mexico. We are surrounded by mountain peaks, some rocky or tree-covered, some covered in snow even though it is late July. Kettle lakes appear often on the road leading into the park, some with rock walls rising from their edges. It is beautiful, everywhere you look.

We drove into Jasper today in a strong cross wind that made it difficult to control the cover we have strapped over the backseat. We had the top down so we could see the mountains better and the wind kept catching the fabric and causing it to balloon up. And the weekend traffic was very heavy as this is the way to Jasper, Banff, and eventually, the United States. We were relieved when we got in and could just lay down and rest for an hour.

We are staying in a B&B in the town of Jasper, a more economical choice for an expensive resort town, but we are sharing a bath with the French couple in the next room. (I'll let you know how that goes.) We did some window-shopping this afternoon, just taking it easy, and plan a drive to Maligne Lake tomorrow. A clerk in a native crafts store recommended it as his favorite place and off the main road through the park. It will be nice to not have to pack up everything in the morning and just sightsee a little.

Pyramid Peak in Jasper National Park, Canada

This is what we saw when we looked out our bedroom window in G

This Stone’s sheep was grazing right beside the road and gave u

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One of the prominent points visible from the downtown Jasper ar

This peak stood out by itself and must be solid rock because th