Beginning of the Rockies

The most beautiful part of our drive across Canada is just about to begin. We have entered the Rocky Mountains and already the scenery is breath-taking. The picture above is of Mel in front of Mount Robson, the highest peak in the Rocky Mountains. We were lucky enough to be able to camp at a site located at the base of the mountain, affording us some pretty amazing views.

We attended a very informative and amusing talk at the Robson campground: Put on Your Bear Goggles. Crystal, the lovely park naturalist who held the talk, gave us some much needed information on how to differentiate between grizzly bears and black bears. We now know when to back away, when to play dead, and apparently that we need to say “Whoa bear” to both of them. Bears understand English??

At the moment we are in Jasper and are going to head out to some hot springs. They look beautiful in the brochure and both Dave and Mel are looking forward to lying in the warm, warm water and doing - well, not much.