Icefields Parkway & Jasper National Park Canada

---Current location Soldotna Alaska---

6/16 (cont'd)  Icefields Parkway is 181 miles of road that traverse the Canadian Rockies between Banff and  Jasper National Parks. It is one of the most beautiful stretches of road we have ever seen. You pass numerous and massive Glaciers, Glacial Lakes and Waterfalls and see some incredible wildlife. The trip takes about four hours but it is well worth it. There are plenty of places to pop out and hike, camp and just take in the amazing view. We stopped for a meal at the Icefields Center. By the time we got in (6:30pm) the low key cafe we hoped to eat at was closed. They were serving dinner in their fancy restaurant and we were concerned about our dress. It after being assured by the maitre d that looked alright we stayed for their buffet.  Finn loved that you could just choose a little of anything. He is still talking about that meal. After the meal we went and hiked up the ....Glacier to take in the enormity of this place. Sad thing is the Glacier is melting so we are glad we got to experience it. We left around 8:30p (the sun doesn't set till 10:45) to finish the Parkway and bunk down at our campground in Jasper.



















6/17

Woke up in and made our way to see the Anabathsca Falls. We then toured downtown Jasper and closed out our day with a picnic and a 2 mile scoot ride around Lake Annette. We then made our way to Hinton Canada for the night.


















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