Canada 2011~ 3 Home of mosquitoes, Jasper, Mount Edith~

Hotels in Canada don't really serve filthy food like sausages, bacon, scrambled eggs, and etc. I was very disappointed but it didn't seem to strike J's mountain spirit. The hotel manager asked us what else we would like to have in the breakfast. After we said, how about bananas, he told us that bananas made people smell even more delicious for bugs. And of course, we bought a ton of them in the Chevy.

The engine started and we left Hinton. Soon we got into the town of Jasper. We paid a visit to the info center. The lady there gave us some maps and told us where to hike. And then we planned to get some food and a hike before we get to our camp site. We must have waited for more than 1 hour to order and to get the food. The sandwiches were good and we got to just relax a bit.

Mount Edith has a short hiking trail. We drove there and started our adventure. The map says that we should definitely get there early or we will have difficulty finding a parking lot. It was true that the parking place was full. However, we got lucky by making one extra loop in the lot. After quickly parking in that available space, we walked into the woods.

I can't remember much but the grey sky, Angel glacier, pikas, marmots, and squirrels/chipmunks. I do remember getting bitten by the bugs. It was my first hike after the Catskill training Jared made me to do. Everything seemed to be tiring. My speed was not good and finally we made it to the end of the trail on the map. After we got to the top, there were smaller trails going to the summit. I told J just go ahead and I will be pacing myself toward that direction. If the weather gets worse, he will head back and I will meet him on the way down.

It was so windy that I felt like flying off the hill. Finally I saw Jared coming back and we decided to head down before the weather gets worse. On they way down, there were people who just wanted to get up. Good luck to them.