Skyline Trail, Jasper National Park, Sept 2004

Day 1: Departure Day - Bus Trip

We just caught the bus, arriving at the station at 6:20am, with the bus leaving at 6:30am. Our driver for the first leg of the trip (to Kamloops) was named Troy. He was almost over-the-top nice, going to great lengths to make everyone comfortable. He even put the movie audio over the intercom for those who didn't have headsets (for the record, the movie was "Man on Fire" with Denzel Washington.)

The trip was, for the most part, uneventful, with stops in Hope, Chilliwack, Kamloops, and points between. We arrived in Jasper around 6:30PM local time (MDT) and spent the next hour, or so, searching for accomodations. You take a risk waiting until arriving to find a place to stay but we found a private home accomodation (room) for fifty bucks.

Upon relieving ourselves of our backpacks, we went out to dinner at a place called "Fiddle River" on Connaught Street. We shared a phyllo triangle appy and both had Pad Thai as the entree. Dessert was not to be skipped and consisted of deep-fried ice cream with fruit coulis. Yum.

The beds in our room were a bit springy and did not result in a good night's sleep (although it was probably more comfy than staying in a tent for the night. That comes later.)

By the way, the bus photo is a stock photo. My camera was in my backpack in the cargo bay of the bus, so I couldn't get any photos of the bus trip to Jasper.

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