Had a bit of a lazy day today. Jasper is not huge and is geared to skiers and summer hikers. We had a nose around, and had lunch in the park. We could see the railway track whie having lunch. A train went through that had no end !!! It had 3 engines pulling it and 300 + containers on the back. It took about 30 minutes to pass by. After lunch we drove out to Lake Jasper which is huge and has a beach. Then on to Maligne canyon..... I know its all mountains, lakes ...

1st October. Left lake Louise to drive the 230 kms to Jasper. The road is the Icefield parkway. It seems to go on for ever and at this time of the year its pretty deserted. The journey takes a long time because there is so much to see along the way. First stop was Bow lake and Glacier then on to Peyto Lake. This is a brilliant turqouise lake. Apparently the colour is due to the 'rock flour' which is ground down rock from glacier movement which mixes with the wat...