Jasper

Jasper National Park is a Mountain Park. We thought that sounded odd until we drove in. This National Park is 4200 sq miles and is Canada's largest mountain park. These Northern Rockies are enormous. Glacier fed lakes were plentiful. This one at Mt Edith Cavell at the foot of Angell Glacier was spectacular. Glacial melt waters are full of rock debris. Heavier pieces sink quickly but the finest particles, called rock flour, stay suspended reflecting sunlight making for interesting colors. The more sun that shined on the lake the brighter it became.        The Angel Glacier’s wings are increasing in size the but the gown is receding.    (how could this be? Do I see two angels in one picture?)This glacier, Ghost Glacier, is mysterious. They don’t know how it continues to hang onto the side of the mountain. Maligne Canon continues to grow deeper as the water rushes through it.   Maligne Lake was calling us to sit for a spell. No restaurant could offer a better setting for lunch. Medicine Lake is drained by one of the largest underground river systems in North America and doesn’t the view take your breath away? Athabasca Falls,     with its carved canyon walls and water holes, where water gets trapped and spins round and round finally shooting out down river, was our next stop. A coyote kept our attention for a while as did this Elk. We had such a beautiful day and to top it off, a rainbow, this side of a mountain, it hung in there for nearly 10 minutes. We kept driving down the road and saw it at different angles .       It looked like we would drive right up to it.    What a day.