Friday 22nd April
After a few drinks the night before, we enjoyed  another sleep-in in our luxurious hotel 'room'. Vegemite on toast and milo for breakfast again, before we finally headed into the village at about 10:30am. Taxis  were in short supply, but we managed to flag one down near the gas station, and commandeered a ride to the Jasper Tramway.

It was opening day at the Tramway, but there wasn't a queue, and we boarded the first 'flight' up. It was expensive at  $33, but it gave a spectacular view of the surrounding area, inlcuding the brilliant blue lakes and far-reaching mountains. We enjoyed lunch at the top - my favourite, sweet potato fries - before returning to the bottom and back into the village, again via taxi.

We ducked into a few stores in town to purchase supplies for a picnic, and returned to the apartment for a rest. I managed to sneak in 'First Daughter' - a straight to DVD movie starring Katie Holmes that I loved. We then assembled our supplies and headed out to Pyramid Lake at about 6pm. We thought it was a great idea - have a picnic and watch the sun set over Pyramid Lake, which was supposed to glow red in the evening, reflecting the sun. The 'island' was connected to the 'mainland' by a small bridge over the snow-encrusted lake, and we sat down to enjoy our picnic of wine, cheese and crackers, and fresh sandwiches. Just one problem... it was FREEZING!! Here were us crazy Aussies, in the middle of the snow and surrounded by the Rockies, attempting to have a picnic in literally freezing conditions! We munched on the crackers and cheese and had a quick sandwich each before deciding to bolt back to the car before we froze to death.


Laughing at our stupidity, we lit a fire once back at the apartment and poured some drinks, cranked the tunes, and had ourselves a merry old time. I hit the sack early though - Crows were playing tomorrow morning!!