Happy Fourth of July

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Happy Fourth of July!

Canadians are very friendly folks, and many have wished us a happy holiday. Sunday was Canada Day, obviously an important holiday here. I swear every citizen of Alberta was on the highways in their rv’s. Of course, we know nothing about their holiday. Oh woe! What ugly Americans we are.
There is nothing better than bacon and eggs on a crisp, cool morning in the mountains. As you can see, we have our flag flying.

Today we have lots of sightseeing and picnicking planned.
Views of the different lakes, canyons, and craggy mountains in Jasper Natl Park. The lakes are even deeper colors of blue, turquoise, and green than our cameras can capture

The pictures of Athabasca Falls do not do it justice. It is a powerful swirling turbo. Neither one of us could capture the colors in the water, which look faded out, but believe me, the falls were more than just white. If you’ll look carefully at the wall of rocks and lichen with the falls at the bottom, you will see potholes in the walls. Those were carved out as the falls dug out this pit.

The one huge disappointment was the grizzly who got away. Forrest and I have seen our share of grizzlies at Yellowstone and Alaska, but this one was grizzly giganticus. It crossed the road just in front of us, and I got so excited (heart racing, sweating, the whole bit), I kept fumbling my camera. By the time I got it out, the bear had slipped into the woods. I don’t know how something so huge can disappear so quickly although the forests here are so much thicker than in NM. Yes, I know this sounds like one of Forrest’s fish stories, but it is true. Seeing that grizzly was thrilling. So I did the next best thing--I took pic of its food!

We found the perfect lake for canoeing and our destination today July 5 is Lake Patricia (I’m pretty sure it was named after my granddaughter). It has small secluded sandy beaches with fire pits and picnic tables and FISH!!!! I was just struck by an alpine lake with beaches. But first I will stop at the internet café and see if I can download my posts.