The two RV Gypsies entered
Alberta from British Columbia. |
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Everyone pays daily to
drive on the Icefield Parkway. It is money well spent because the Icefield
Parkway has some of the most beautiful scenery the two RV Gypsies have
ever seen - lakes, mountains, waterfalls and more. Around every
corner, the scenery just kept getting more awesome.....
The Icefield Parkway
joins the Jasper and Banff National Parks in the most breathtaking beautiful
drive throughout the entire Parkway. The Icefield Parkway is considered
a scenic drive, not a transportation corridor. That's why everyone
needs to buy a park pass to drive the parkway. Large trucks are banned
and the speed limit is leisurely. The Icefield Parkway passes within viewing
distance of seven ice fields (large upland glaciers) and 25 smaller glaciers
and so much more.
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Downtown Jasper |
| The town of Jasper is amid the serene mountain
setting of Jasper National Park, which is north of Banff National Park and
is the largest of Canada's mountain national parks. |
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| Whistlers Campground in Jasper National Park
of Canada - Yes, the two RV Gypsies had to pay for camping plus the Icefield Parkway road fee previously
paid and mentioned above. All food and food supplies, including coolers, must be stored in
vehicles because this is Bear Country. Maximum length of stay is 14 days.
No TV, or AT&T cell phone service. There are 781 sites but limited sites
with hook-ups, so the site the two RV Gypsies got was dry-camping. There is an outdoor theater show every night at 8 p.m. which is usually about
the area or wildlife. |
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| Below: The peaceful view as seen while standing
in front of Lee and Karen Duquette's RV and looking up and down the campground
roadway. |
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Below: The RV and toad Lee
and Karen Duquette in their new yard.They do NOT miss having a "stick
home" anyplace, |
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Below: The peaceful woods
beside and behind the two RV Gypsies RV. |
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| Below: Driving just
outside of Jasper, Karen Duquette saw a man helping a woman up the hill.
He had his hand on her butt to help her up the steep climb.
That is the life of an RV Gypsy, they never know what they will see. But
Karen Duquette always has a camera ready to take a quick, unexpected photo.
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| What's next?
Lee and Karen Duquette have experienced so much in this area and
it was time to continue on to Athabasca Falls, Sunwapta Falls, Honeymoon
Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Talbot Lake, Jasper Tramway, lots of great mountains
and scenery, lots of elk, big horn sheep, mountain goats, a coyote, and
then to the Icefield Parkway into Banff with more amazing scenery plus a
black bear, goats, deer, Mt. Kitchener, and the Columbia Icefield. Then
on to Banff, tunnel mountain, hoodoos, Lake Louise, Bow Glacier, coyotes,
Banff Hot Springs and so much more.......... WHAT AN AMAZING LIFE OF THE
TWO RV GYPSIES. |
