Jasper

Yesterday we travelled up the Icefields Parkway stopping at various lakes and waterfalls along the way, Tangle Creek was awesome, we got soaked in the spray. We also went on the Columbia Icefields excursions where a "Terrabus" with 6 tractor wheels took us onto a the gigantic Abathasca glacier in between two mountains. We also went on a glass walkway over an enormous cliffside which was only slightly terrifying.  We spotted lots of wildlife on the way up to Jasper including big horn sheep, a brown bear and a grizzly bear, mountain goats and a few more large mammals with unusual horns that I can't remember the names of.

Today we travelled to Maligne Lake and made an impulse decision to hire a canoe for an hour. I was never very good in boats; John decided to make me feel comfortable by occasionally rocking it,  making my screams travel across the width of the lake. Luke had his own little paddle and seemed to be having lots of fun. I know this because he went a full hour without a single whinge. We then disvovered Maligne Canyon, which for some reason escaped my itinerary, but was my favourite place so far. If there was ever a place in nature to demonstrate the almighty power of water then this was it.

Our photos looks cloudy but in between the clouds there were glorious bursts of sunshine. The temperature fluctuates between slightly chilly in the shade and full on hot in the sunshine. It's very difficult to know what to wear! Tomorrow is a trip back down the Icefields Parkway to Banff.