Woke up to another nice sunny day. So the sensible clothes selection for the day was shorts and a shirt. We decided to go and see the zoo. As you would expect we saw lots of animals and the Canadian Rockies section was cool. We saw an elusive moose, cougars bears (black and grizzly) and a bald eagle. Although it was nice to see the native animals it would have been nice to see these animals in there natural habitat. The Grizzly bears were huge. You would be seriously fubar if you annoyed one of these bears. Just their claws were 4 inched long. The Gorillas were heaps of fun to watch. We had 3 hours to do the zoo and this was just enough time.
Then it was back in the van as we headed for the long drive to our next destination Jasper. To get there we had to drive back to Banff and then up the Ice Fields Parkway. We stopped at "The crossing" to be marvelled by "the worlds biggest postcard collection" and a stop for a bite to eat. We continued on and this drive was the most scenic of the trip. Even though we were so over snow covered mountains, these mountains and lakes (the odd frozen one thrown in for good measure) were indeed a grand site. We got out of the van and at this stage the clothes selection for the day was looking a bit shaky. We walked up to the tip of the Glacier and walked up onto it a little bit. The wind was blowing a gale off the glacier, 
I'll tell you that the term brass monkeys took on a new meaning, as I was still wearing shorts. At least I was not walking in the snow with a pair of J.C's on. Ouch !!! We went into the Icefields center and this was other than a warm place to be, very interesting and educational. Who said holidays was all about fun ? Then we took off to the campground. There was one very disheartening sign as we drove in the gates. There was a big bear trap. Not really something that I would be showing possible customers before they parted with their hard earned. As this was the furthermost North that we travelled the length of daylight was incredible. We did not need our torches until half past ten. Sat in front of a huge warm fire until bed time.
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