WEAVER FAMILY: We Made it To The Plains

July 19 (Edmonton, Alberta)

We decided this morning to do a bit different day. We all drove together into Jasper National Park, then back to the airport at Hinton, and then on to Edmonton by evening – a 3-4 hour drive. Our first stop in the park was some hot springs where Travis & Alana went into the pools. Since they didn’t get to do it at Liard they wanted to do it here. We had lunch at a picnic table by a beautiful lake, and then drove to a canyon which we hiked along it for a while. It was amazing the water that was going down the canyon, and the way it had carved out the mountain over thousands of years. We got drinks at the little restaurant there before we headed on into Jasper where we ate supper, and then headed back to the Hinton airport. When Roger and I took off at Hinton, we headed into Jasper to see the mountains from the air first. It sort of freaks me out to be so high and right beside the mountains, but wow, what a sight!! Like Roger keeps saying, there aren’t many people that get to have that view! Just peak upon peak upon peak. Amazing!

It was nice to have a day of recreation and being together instead of driving/flying all day. From now on though, we’re going to have to put in really long days of driving/flying to make it to Iowa by Sunday.

Roger had asked ahead of time if we could camp at this airstrip outside of Edmonton where we were going to land, and they said sure, and since it had been rainy and wet, we could sleep inside this little building there instead of setting up our tents if we wanted. So Roger & I slept inside and when Travis & Alana arrived, they pitched their tent under the wing of the airplane and slept there. JOLENE