We have been on the go since the day we started our journey so we were all in need for a day to rest and do nothing much. The park is basicly a wooded area that they put in electric, water & sewer at some sites. Unfortunately, they do not have WiFi and we could only get one channel on TV and it was not a good picture.
Bob & Jesse were up early and went to Tim Hortons for a cup of coffee and to use the WiFi. Jesse filled up his truck with fuel while out.
When the guys got back we were all needing to go to the grocery store for a few items so we go together in Bob’s truck. Bob fueled up. 20.8 gal = $95.11 Cap.
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We came back to the RV park and made plans to have a barbecue and eat early dinner around 4:00 or so. We ate over Jesse & Ginger’s inside the RV since it started raining while the guys were grilling.
Jasper National Park is home to the highest mountain in Alberta - Mount Columbia, which stands at 3,747 meters. Jasper was officially established as a National Park in Alberta in 1930. It is Canada's largest National Park, consisting of 10,878 sq kilometers.
Sunlight is from around 5:00 am and is still light, but getting close to dark after 10:30 pm this time of year here,
The guys took a walk in the campground yesterday evenin and took a few pictures.
a group of tenters---
these lockers are closed to the pavillion to store food/coolers in so that the bears can't get to it
The guys didn't see a bear but they did see a pine marten.
The following news story is interesting and happened in Jasper National Park at around 9:00 pm Saturday night.
EDMONTON - A mountain biker escaped serious injury Saturday when a grizzly bear he encountered punctured a can of pepper spray in his backpack.
“(The bear) certainly shredded that can,” said Steve Malcolm, a human wildlife conflict specialist with Jasper National Park.
“That would have been a nasty explosion into his mouth.”
Around 9 p.m., the lone cyclist crossed paths with a grizzly in the Cottonwood Slough area near Jasper. The bear charged, likely because it was startled, knocking the man off his bike face-down on the ground. The bear bit into the man’s backpack, bursting the can of pepper spray inside.
The Jasper man called park staff on his cellphone. They took him to hospital where he was treated and later released.
He suffered minor injuries, mostly from the pepper spray, but he did have claw marks and bruises on his back.
Malcolm said it wasn’t a predatory attack.
“(The bear) just wants to get rid of the threat and try to take off out of the area, so it’s not really an unsafe bear,” he said.
“However if this continued to happen every three or four days ... then this would be a serious concern for us.”
Bears are “extremely food-stressed” right now because they’re just coming out of hibernation, Malcolm said. All of the food is in the valley bottoms, so it’s an active place for predators and prey.
The area around Patricia Lake and Cottonwood Slough will be shut down for three to four days to allow the bear to move on and ensure visitor safety, said Kim Weir, a spokeswoman for the park.
Visitors are urged to be vigilant and to carry pepper spray and a cellphone. Hikers and cyclists should be in groups, and should notify someone of their plans before setting out.
Tomorrow morning we leave Jasper at 8:00.
Have a good one!
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Gonna have to get me some pepper spray along with a supply of bug repellent. Would have want to tent camp for sure.
ReplyDeleteI think Wood Buffalo National Park in Northern Alberta is our largest at 44,807 sq. km., although Jasper is certainly one the most picturesque.
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