Another Gorgeous Snap Happy Day

After celebrating Canada Day in Jasper, we were glad to go into the wild again. Within 5 minutes we saw a herd of elk and 10 minutes later we arrived at Sixth Bridge.

This is our silly picture of the day. Dad and Sophie were teasing Mum and it took a while to realise that we weren't pointing at anything.

As we left Sixth Bridge, a lady stopped us and told us two coyotes had attacked her dog. Luckily the dog was larger and able to defend itself but as you can see, they still had their eye on it.

This is the Fifth Bridge. It's a tame suspension bridge compared to the one in Vancouver.

We went to Maligne Canyon because we felt that the Forth Bridge might just be a rotten plank of wood. It was very deep here and beautiful!

There were steps down into the Canyon and we were a bit worried about how steep it was for climbing back up.

The rushing water ran past remaining ice from the big freeze over Winter. They do guided tours down the gorge when it's iced over and the pictures we saw looked fantastic. We'd love to come back to see it.

This is Dad and Sophie on the bridge over Maligne Gorge.

Almost at river level.

Dad at the start of the steep climb up.

Phew! Sophie's not hot and sweaty really :o) Welcoming the photo just for a breather.

There is a boulder lodged at the top of the gorge. There was a tree growing out of it and everything!

More rushing water on the way up to the Teahouse for well deserved refreshments.

At the top.

The water is flowing gently because it's on a level just before it reaches a downhill rush.

A mountain scene from the car as we drove.

Picnic by the river, shame about the insects.

We caused a traffic jam because we saw this lovely deer across the lake.

This bear was feeding by Medicine Lake.

Leaving Jasper tomorrow and heading down the road towards Banff. Getting closer to the Calgary Stampede; we'll let you know if we see Will and Kate.

Happy Canada Day!!!

This is us waiting outside the Information Centre for the flag raising ceremony to begin.

Canada is celebrating it's 144th birthday of being a nation. The theme in Jasper this year was Exploration.

The little Mounties had the aww factor.

It's not a birthday party without cake! In the blink of an eye, there was a queue up the street for this cake.

The beaver was on top of the cake. This is the closest we've come to actually seeing a beaver.

This lady slicing the cake is the local baker that made it.

While we waited for the parade to start we watched a lady making giant bubbles and all the children had a great time popping them.

The beginning of the parade.

The local school orchestra.

This couple didn't seem to mind sitting in a canoe on the back of a lorry, they threw themselves into it.

We just had to take a picture of the beautiful horses.

I bet it was hot in there!

Caught Dad enjoying himself.

Large crowds enjoyed the parade. All the floats threw sweets and badges for the kids to pick up.

We went to Centennial Park to join in the BBQ and watched the tug of war and other family activities. We hope to go back later to watch some live bands, drink some beer and see the firework display.

We loved this barbequer with his fire department hat on. We think we're going to get Dad one for when he does BBQs.

The great delight on Sophie's face; not only were they giving slush puppies away but you could make them yourself.

We watched all the kids making multi coloured drinks so followed their lead.

Just a few sweets that were thrown into the crowd during the parade.

Beautiful Day

This was a day trip out from the campsite to Wells Gray Provicial Park also nicknamed Canada's Waterfall Park. This particular waterfall was alongside the road. It was called Third Canyon by far the best of the three. They built a road bridge over the canyon.

This is Murtle River, fast flowing and wide.

Stood at one side of the road bridge that crosses the river. This particular part is called the Mushbowl.

You can see why. It was loud and scary.

The little wooden bridge looked a bit flimsy considering the power of the river.

Bear sighting number 3! He had a dark face where as the other bear we saw had a lighter face.

We were glad Dad prised us out of the car to go see the next waterfall because this is the spectacular view that we found. It was called the Helmcken Falls and the best so far.

It had made a heart shape in the mountainside. We got sprayed by the mist that came up around the rim.

As we walked to the next waterfall, we looked down on the Mushbowl. It was still intimidating even from up high.

Everywhere we drive we see these bright orange wild lillies along the roadside. The flowers are about two inches big.

I don't know what Mum and Dad are smiling about, they have steam coming out of their ears!

This is Dawson Falls.

Some wild flowers growing on a tree trunk.

Arty shots.

Just to show how close we were to the fast flowing water (it was just below our feet).

Tried to take a picture of the first rainbow we've seen in Canada.

Buffalo Ranch, where we had barbequed bison. It was gooooood! As we were leaving, the chef asked in a Mancunian accent if we'd enjoyed ourselves and offered to sell us the place. She told us tales about bear sightings in the area.