No riding today.
I received a nice gift from my aunt and uncle along with some tasty brownies for our trip.
It was about and 3 hour drive from Edmonton to Jasper. Of course we stopped at Tim Hortons for lunch. Only in Canada would a fast-food chain be named after a hockey player. Craig didn't know what a double-double was. "Double-Double" is a colloquial term in Canada for Tim Horton's coffee with two creams and two sugars.
We met Craig's family in Jasper. They scored a camp site at Whistler campground in Jasper so we stay with them for the night.
Jasper is a nice comfortable town of around 4500 people but tourist traffic is pretty heavy this time of the year.
The bike reassembly went well with no damage to the bike this morning; will shake it out tomorrow on the Icefield Parkway. I know it will be fine once I start but I can't shake the uneasy feeling something is damaged.
We went to the Jasper visitor center which is the formal start of the Great Parks ride.
It stays light until 9:45pm here in the Northwest; more time for riding. There was some light rain today but nothing significant.
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Hey just seeing if this works
Good luck John. Colin here. My tips for your ride. Stay at the Columbia Icefields Campground. 300m south of the Icefields Visitor Centre on the east side. Tents only. If you hit the Wilcox campground you've gone too far.
Second tip...when you hit the Banff National Park border (after you leave Jasper National park), there is a roadside pull off right next to the "Entering Banff National Park" sign. Stop at the pull off. If you feel like a hike, walk west down a trail at the north end of the rest stop. If goes down west a bit and then south. a 1/2 hour hike takes you up through a small evergreen forest up to a beautiful mountain lake. I'll try to get the name of the lake.
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