Wednesday July 29th

We get up and pack up our things. We are off to camping in Jasper, the park north of us. We get a fairly good start, but traffic is slow and we make it to the Columbia ice-fields late afternoon. You used to be able to walk up to the glacier and walk on top of it, but sadly it has erroded so much due to the environment that you cannot walk on it anymore and can't even walk close enough to touch it. You have to pay $50 to ride an "ice bus" that drops you off near the top where you can walk around. We are NOT about to do that, so we take some sad pictures and head on. We get to the campground fairly early, so we decide to check out Athabasca falls. It is really cool and one of dad's favorite waterfalls. Plus, it isn't far from where we're staying. We go back to make dinner of brats and beans. Yum. We also make s'mores of course...

Banff Trip - Wednesday July 29th, 2009