Drive to Edmonton

We set out early from Jasper to Edmonton to catch our fight home.  It was overcast still from the storm the night before.  There were huge mountains when we started on the road to Edmonton, but they eventually gave way to the normal farm scenery.  We had lunch at the West Edmonton Mall, and then went to the airport to say goodbye to our hiking adventure.

Last trip to the Hot Springs.

After our last hike, we went back to the hotel and lunched on the rest of the pizza from the night before.  Then it was off to the Miette hot springs again for the rest of the afternoon.  In the evening we treated ourselves to supper at the Pines restaurant in the Pyramid Resort.  At night there was a big storm and we lost power at the hotel.  Here are some pictures on the way to the Hot Springs again, and the last one is in front of the restaurant.

Valley of the Five Lakes

On our last day of hiking we chose only one trail - Valley of the Five Lakes.  We were all pretty tired from the week of activities.  This trail visited five different lakes, each with such remarkable colours that you would think they were dyed.  There was a tour group on this trail and they jumped into one of the lakes.  We just hiked and enjoyed the view.  We saw a fish jump out of the water to catch a fly.

Miette Hot Springs

After a full day of adventure we were ready for the hot springs.  The drive was longer than anticipated, but very pretty.  We even saw some caribou.

When we got to the hot springs, there were about a dozen goats in the parking lot.  Many of them were crouching down on their knees and twisting there heads almost upside-down to eat at the gunk inside the wheel wells of the cars.

The hot springs were great.  There were two hot ones and two icy cold ones.  I liked to alternate between the hottest one and the coldest one.  Nina also enjoyed the hot and cold springs.

For supper we had one of the best pizzas I've ever had.  It was at a cabin just outside of the hot springs.