Apart from the forward planning and a little bit of cost management, the first few weeks have been like a small hiking and driving holiday. I am sure that everyone reading the blog will soon be tired of reading about day after day of rock, alpine meadows and treelines so I am wrapping up our final few days in Jasper Park and the drive down to Banff in one blog. If anyone has any adjectives or adverbs that might add to my limited vocabulary please send me idea...

"Here we go loop de loop" I still chuckle as I think about our 'stroll' up Edith Cavell Meadows. After two strenuous walks the previous days we thought it sounded like a nice Sunday afternoon potter. How wrong we could be! I really enjoyed the climb up as it brought back memories of climbing Mount Toubkal in Morocco six years ago. Whereas Stuart struggles with the 'up' bits my fear kicks in when descending a climb. For those of you who know me well ...

Feed me Seymour They like meat round these parts. Just meat. Preferably cooked over an open flame and doused in maple syrup based sauce. Anything that isn't meat is considered garnish. Cheap food in restaurants seems to be pasta based (with MEAT), particularly Lasagne. Not that many meals can be called cheap although the portions are huge and very tasty. If you see a sign for modern Canadian cooking that appears to be new ways to eat prairie animals...

Two mountains catch your attention in Jasper, Pyramid Mountain, a huge slab of rock that dominates the town and further away amongst other peaks, Mount Edith Cavell. We have walked to the base of the former from Jasper Town and now ventured to the latter for a nice, short Sunday afternoon stroll. If you look from Jasper, you see many mountains but the one that draws the eye more than most is Mount Edith Cavell. Unlike Pyramid, which is bare, rust coloured ...

Over the past couple of days we have paid our penance for the ice cream cake and walked nearly 40 miles. Who needs a gym when you have the Canadian Rockies on your doorstep! Whereas Canmore was perfectly beautiful, Jasper is ruggedly so and we just love it here. Jasper is known as the gentle giant of the Rockies and the many mountains and rivers continue to captivate us. We have walked on the wild side, getting up close and personal with a range of sp...