Day 31: The Ruiners take Jasper

Post date: Aug 12, 2012 2:10:27 AM

Well, the night after we hiked that "amazing" (but actually hellish) hike to the glacier, a giant chunk of ice fell off the iceberg causing a massive landslide that destroyed the parking lot and forced the closure of the road and the entire area to hikers. "Hi Jasper! We're the Ruiners! Hope you're enjoying our visit as much as we are."

I am considering changing our kids name to "the troopers". They hiked for four kilometres in the morning,

then had lunch, took a tram, (Russell "entertained" everyone by screaming at the top of his lungs that he didn't want to get off but wanted to continue holding on to the strap hanging from the ceiling for the rest of the day, and blocking the exit for everyone else) and hiked up to the summit of the Whistlers mountain in the afternoon.

I'm pretty proud of them...especially Russell. He's fierce. I had my picture taken with Jasper the Bear. For some reason, Jasper the Bear has stuck with me since my childhood visit to the area. So, I had to share him with my kids.

It's been wonderful here but Russell has so many mosquito bites that his eye is swollen almost completely shut (really, it's weird...I'll upload a picture soon) and Leo's face looks suspiciously puffy as well. I'm beginning to beleive that they may be more allergic than I thought.

We move camp tonight and head to the Glaciers. We're very excited.