August 22 - Jasper National Park

Today is going to be a short day, only 250 miles to the Jasper-Banff National Park and day 5 since leaving Fairbanks.  Hard to believe it took that long to get here.  It started out a bit dreary, but we were glad to get back to the mountains.

We were a bit surprised to find out that unlike the US national parks, Canada's charge by the day - to the tune of $20 each day.  We bought 4 days worth and headed for Jasper.

 Jasper is really a nice town - a tourist trap full of souvenier shops and restaurants, but nice.  They have a real big train and totem pole too.

We took a side road outside town and spotted this elk laying down not far from the road.

Roxane tood a dare and walked to the top of the hill to get a head shot.

We camped for two nights at the Wabasso Camp ground.  A real nice, woodsey campground.  We decided to live without a campfire though as they wanted $9.00 a day just to have a fire with your own firewood.  Another strike against Canada...