Day 255: Jasper
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Wednesday April 20
Waking up in a single, unshared, bunkless bed for the first time in six months was nice. We would have slept longer except we knew we had the voucher for breakfast, which finished at 9:30am. (Hey – we’re on holidays – and after 6am starts in Whistler, it was nice to get up in our own time). Luke, Amanda and I utilised the coupon – I wasn’t too keen on the breakfast, just having a (stale) croissant and rolled oats, but at least it was free.
Alan headed out skiing, leaving us car-less, so the three of us headed out for a hike. There was an 8km trail around the village, so we headed out the back of the hotel and joined in about halfway along. Almost instantly we got side-tracked, heading onto a different trail that saw us in snow and mud – not appreciated by Amanda’s new black shoes or my white mesh running shoes! In some parts, the trail was extremely dangerous, covered in black ice.
We bathed in the sun at one point, taking in the magnificent view of the Rockies on all sides, before finally re-joining the initial trail, which ran parallel to the railway tracks. At this point, the wind really picked up – my hoody and ¾ length pants were no match!! We sought refuge once we were back in town at Café Mondo, although lunch was a bit of a disappointment – the ‘Pita Melt’ I had ordered turned out to be a greasy cheese pizza!
We vegged out on the couch for a while back at the apartment, but then I headed off to the nearby gym for a workout. The activity centre which housed the gym was amazing – we’d already asked if curling was available, but they’d already taken out the ice. That would have been a good Canadian experience!
Back at the apartment, we utilised the kitchen for a second night in a row – this time making nachos with a corn and black bean salsa. Like many things, Canadian sour cream is not up to scratch to Australian – more like Greek yoghurt. The three of us had also purchased treats at the Bear Paw Bakery in town so we munched on those for desserts – mine was a java cheesecake brownie (I got confused, thinking ‘java’ was actually ‘jaffa’).
Waking up in a single, unshared, bunkless bed for the first time in six months was nice. We would have slept longer except we knew we had the voucher for breakfast, which finished at 9:30am. (Hey – we’re on holidays – and after 6am starts in Whistler, it was nice to get up in our own time). Luke, Amanda and I utilised the coupon – I wasn’t too keen on the breakfast, just having a (stale) croissant and rolled oats, but at least it was free.
Alan headed out skiing, leaving us car-less, so the three of us headed out for a hike. There was an 8km trail around the village, so we headed out the back of the hotel and joined in about halfway along. Almost instantly we got side-tracked, heading onto a different trail that saw us in snow and mud – not appreciated by Amanda’s new black shoes or my white mesh running shoes! In some parts, the trail was extremely dangerous, covered in black ice.
We bathed in the sun at one point, taking in the magnificent view of the Rockies on all sides, before finally re-joining the initial trail, which ran parallel to the railway tracks. At this point, the wind really picked up – my hoody and ¾ length pants were no match!! We sought refuge once we were back in town at Café Mondo, although lunch was a bit of a disappointment – the ‘Pita Melt’ I had ordered turned out to be a greasy cheese pizza!
Back at the apartment, we utilised the kitchen for a second night in a row – this time making nachos with a corn and black bean salsa. Like many things, Canadian sour cream is not up to scratch to Australian – more like Greek yoghurt. The three of us had also purchased treats at the Bear Paw Bakery in town so we munched on those for desserts – mine was a java cheesecake brownie (I got confused, thinking ‘java’ was actually ‘jaffa’).
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