Banff NP to Jasper NP

We enjoyed a wonderful 2 nights at the Tunnel Village I (dry) camping with options of fire pit, but a bit too tired at the end of sight-seeing that we opted not to have a fire here. Bathrooms are very updated and clean. Best showers I've seen yet! The village of Banff is modernized and very touristy. Lots of souvenier shops and restaurants. We drove the loops around town and the mountains (snow covered) surround us. Just magnifacient views. We walked around several streets and settled upon a tiny Greek lunch spot, Barpa Bills! Local write ups are posted on the walls, as it's one of the best! It had the best bison burgers with a greek flair and hand cut fries. The locals were inside and one of the fire officials biked up and ordered his lunch too! Bistro tables seat about 6 and counter seats another 6 perhaps. Take out is available of course. It was just a bit cool to walk away and eat it in the close by park. We arrived at a wonderful time as there weren't quite as many tourists as summer can bring. I have lots of fine mountain pictures but they just do not do the scenes justice. You will have to drive this one yourselves!

There are lots of areas where wildlife pops up just around a corner and we drive cautiously to help keep them safe.

As we drive the second day to Jasper we stopped at the Columbia Icefields and check that out. There are a lot of tourists here and they are waiting for the "bus ride" tickets are not posted but around $45pp, they sell tickets for a glass bottomed viewing the canyon area just a few KM up the road,$25pp (no thank you! Height sensitive!) and up in Jasper there is a gondola $35pp. (we've done that before and it was quite cloudy both days there so we sat a Whistle Stop Pub and had a huge sampler of wings, meatballs, nachos, eggrolls, pork bits with dry rub. (leftovers will be another supper!) Very Tasty with a local brew! Today we are doing laundry and have wifi while we wait. So I will now go back and try to post a missing blog of our adventures. (slightly out of order sorry.)We will head out north tomorrow and have a hearty breakfast in Jasper. We will go east on 16 a short way and pick up 40, towards Dawson Creek. (Camp Walmart may be timely there and we need to stock up on a few items at that spot.) We will cook in camp tonight. Salmon!