Left Hinton, Alberta this morning and drove into the little tourist town of Jasper. Had lunch and hit a small quilt and yarn store. Nothing exciting to speak of. Left Jasper and headed into Jasper National Forest and down into the Ice Fields Parkway. WHAT A SIGHT TO BEHOLD. They are part of the Northern Rockies and I am here to tell you they are beautiful. Every curve you turned you saw these towering, rocky mountains and most of them had glaciers on them. We came to the Columbia Ice Fields ( 6 - 8 glaciers and 64 sq miles) and the Athabasca Glacier is the largest glacier seen form the parkway. There were even busses driving on the glacier. Then on to Banff National Park. What spectacular scenery. We are staying in Canmore and hope to drive to cross the USA border tomorrow. We have been driving long days so that we can cross into the US. I will say this-- since we hit BC and Alberta we are now seeing some dark nights and even the moon. Today is the first day I did not have on 3 layers - it was actually hot (74 degrees). Glad the salmon is arriving and everything is ok . Love ya'll.
On a different note -- I failed to mention some things about Skagway that might be of interest to those traveling to Alaska. Skagway has a beautiful quilt store with some lovely hand dyed Alaskan fibers. The store is the Rushin' Tailor on 3rd avenue. Also, I have never seen such beautiful workmanship in jewelry pieces in my life. What creative artisians. Right near the Rushin' Tailor is Djon Delight and they ship salmon anywhere in the world - and quite reasonable, too. Hoping you enjoy your trips to Alaska and for those going to Washington state. Safe travels.
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