Friday Five: Five things we did and loved in Jaspar
Our Trip to Jasper National Park As I had mentioned in my last Friday Five Post we were going to travel to many different National Parks this year since the pass was free and I wanted to travel more with my family. Now even though Banff is technically closer we decided to take our first trip to Jasper. I have only been there twice and my husband only once (he was born and raised in Alberta ~:)~) Jasper is such a pretty area and so many things to see!! We travelled up through Edmonton and came into Jasper on Highway 16. This is a nice double laned highway, but the weather had snowed the few days before so the road was slick with Black ICE. If you don't drive a lot, and even if you do, Black Ice is scary to drive on, your vehicle just slips and slides and there is really nothing you can do. So from just outside of Edson to the park entrance it was a pretty white knuckle drive and me in the passenger seat trying to find a break or a way to brace myself for impact. ...