More deer across our hotel would start our journey the next morning onto the Icefields Parkway (apparently 1 of the top 10 scenic drives in the world). We drove with the scenic Canadian Rockies on our left along with numerous glaciers (most in full retreat due to global warming) and frozen lakes all the way into Jasper. Midway we would tour the number one attraction in the region, the Columbia Icefield.
This would involve transfer to a large explorer bus with dumpster truck like tires to descend onto the Athabasca Glacier, itself fed from the Columbia Icefield that filled the near horizon.
25/04
As it was shoulder season with ski fields closed and summer not yet arrived for the mountain biking to take off, Jasper was pretty quiet. So quiet that the previous night after arriving we drove the locale in search of wildlife with no luck; therefore today we decided to take a long drive back into BC (British Columbia) to rest overnight in Vancouver. Not before a large herd of elk crossing a minor highway just out of town brought traffic to a standstill, the locals would just swerve around while the tourists would stop and take pictures…
26/04
Our last day started with a quick stroll through Stanley Park gardens and Lynn Canyon suspension bridge before hitting the road home. One more postcard moment at Shannon Falls near Squamish and the road trip was over…thanks to all for what is a lifetime experience. Oh and we did catch a glimpse of our number one animal on our wildlife list, a bear sunning itself in the late afternoon sun alongside the highway, just minutes away from Whistler…where we had started.
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