When our family camps, we pretty much rough it...tents, sleeping bags, cooking food over an open fire (man we had be BEST steak the first night!). Our only real acknowledgement to modern living is we do have some nice air-mattresses to sleep on! Our first day we pretty much relaxed and did some walking with our two dogs around the campgrounds. Actually one of our favorite camping grounds located a bit further from Jasper, so you really do not feel like there are many people around. Also located right next to a beautiful river, so the ambiance is pretty special.
Monday we got in an awesome hike about an hour south of Jasper. Basically spend about 4 hours hiking along a creek that featured something like 19 different waterfalls. Once I locate my memory-card reader, I will post some pictures on my Facebook page. The next day we visited Mt.Edith Cavell and its famous glacier. I think the last time we were here, Amanda was only about 3 years old...man has that glacier changed! Even much of the lower trail no longer exists as a result of flash-floods caused when huge chunks of glacier fall off and land in the pool below. We spend another 3 hours or so there carving our own trail over the rocks until we needed to head home - but not before a stop at Jasper's famous fudge factory for some chocolate delights! (one of our best family traditions)
Probably was one of our shortest camping trips ever. We had to time it at the end of her Chemo cycle to ensure she felt her best, and Amanda has her appointment with the Oncologist tomorrow and Chemo scheduled for Thursday morning. Pretty sure we wore out Amanda, but she had a lot of fun. Was nice getting out of the house and just being a family again for a couple of days. Lots of joking around and laughter...good memories.
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