Take Me to the Mountains!

It didn’t take long for us to figure out that now, as Albertans, one of Canada’s treasures was at our doorstep and it was time to experience it! So on December 29, 2009 following our first Christmas in Alberta, off to Jasper we went for our first encounter with the Rockies. The nearly 4 hour drive was just a short one in comparison to the drive from Ontario, so we were ready to hit the road. From the soft rolling foothills just passed Hinton, to the grandiose jagged rocks that make up the Canadian Rockies, the drive was nothing short of spectacular and had our heads turning in every direction to take it all in.

As if the the rock gods surrounding us with their beautiful snow caps, glaciers, turquoise lakes and waterfalls weren’t enough, nature turned up the volume and brought out the wildlife! Mountain sheep, Longhorn Sheep, a fox…things we had never seen before our whole lives in Ontario (other than in a zoo), were now so up close and personal as we watched them in their natural habitat. It was like being part of a National Geographic episode and the connection to nature was paramount. This experience forever changed us and continued to feed the seed growing inside for travel, exploration and nature. We would come back here several times more during the 3 years we lived in Alberta. Jasper will forever hold a special place in our travel experiences.

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