Hinton and Jasper

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Took the day off from site-seeing and went into Hinton to do some shopping. Had lunch at a local pizza place, where the meat lover’s pizza consisted of hamburger and Canadian Bacon. Interesting, but had enough cheese on it to make it really good.

On the way back to the RV Park we saw two male Caribou’s

grazing along side of the highway. These were much more mature than the one we saw yesterday, both of these guys had full racks.

Early in the season yet, they were still ‘in velvet’. This was the first time I had ever seen a rack ‘in velvet’ and I can totally understand why this term was applied, as they really do look like velvet! Makes you want to go right up and touch them, just to see if they are as soft as they look!

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Today we drove into the city of Jasper, and on the way we passed an adult male Caribou grazing on the side of the road. This guy had a full rack of horns. Phil got a full head on picture of him, very impressive!!

Parked the car and walked around the square and strolled in and out of the shops. Although there was a good crowd, the numbers were not excessive yet. We could still get into the shops without fighting for our personal space.

Jasper is a quaint little town with a mountain atmosphere. The buildings are older,

but well maintained, and yet the wooden floors still creek as you walk through the shops.

Everywhere you look there are flowers and the bright colors are so pretty! The town itself is being maintained by the “Friends of the Town of Jasper” and their work is supported by the gift shop they run and donations. Quite an undertaking! I was involved with the “Friends of the Library” when we lived in Heber Springs, and that was a job in and of itself! I can’t imagine taking on a whole town.