We finally made it to Jasper. It is about -4 degrees or so and lots of snow around. We had a nice train ride from Prince Rupert with a stop over in Prince George-the scenery was really cool. On the train a couple of canadians were saying that there was not much to see with all the snow, but it was the snow we were interested in. The food on the train was pretty disgusting. We were supposed to stay with David and Elizabeth on the 22nd but they had problems with their plumbing so they took us to a friends house. Their friends ( a french-canadian Jacqui and her partner Lutz) ran an interesting B&B about 15 minutes out of town. It was an A-frame house and we stayed right up the top. It was only a short stay but we may try to get back there later. The b&B was quite interesting, they had a doghouse that was like a greenhouse to stop the dogs from freezing. El stacked it on the stairs.
Caught a train in pitch darkness at 8.30am on the 23rd. Sun doesn't come up until about 9.30am and sets around 4pm so we have short days. Arrived in Jasper at around 5pm local time(now in mountain time). The rockies are spectacular. Never seen so many mountains. Last night I had buffalo for dinner and el had some chicken. Also had a few drinks sitting in front of a wooden fireplace- was really cool. El set the alarm for 1am so she could ring her family at her dads place.
Today we are having a good look around Jasper and hope to get up to the ski areas sometime while we are here.
Hope everyone has a great christmas and a happy new year. We will try not to freeze. We have to buy some supplies for the next couple of days cause shops are shut for christmas.
Seasons greetings
Love Geoff and El
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