The Walk of Life
Day 10 - Jasper
September 2, 1998
Jasper: Mountain biking and Aquatic center
The bike hike
After
a late morning rise and being driven to the showers by van (that's how
big the campground was) we chose to go mountain biking on our free day
in Jasper. This sounded a bit easier than the hikes we had but still a
bit adventurous (and that's why we were there). After renting our bikes
we decided to go into the valley of the 5 lakes with the goal to reach
Wabasso Lake. It was a lightly rocky mostly small path leading through
forests. It was all in nature. Except of some hikers we haven't seen any
civilization on the way. The lakes looked much more beautiful in reality
than on the pictures. The fifth lake was a bit tricky. We missed the right
turn in direction to Lake Wabasso. The path along fifth lake got smaller
and smaller till it almost disappeared. But since we thought we were on
the right way we continued. That's where our bike ride became yet another
hike. Bushes, steep climbs and downhills and mostly pushing or even carrying
the bikes till we finally reached the right way. But we 'lost' more than
an hour. So we decided do leave Lake Wabasso and go directly back to Jasper
on the road. That was a good decision because that way we got time enough
to have Lunch in a Greek restaurant (where they even didn't understand
Mario ordering with Greek pronunciation).
Relaxing in Aquatic center
In the afternoon we met in the aquatic center in Jasper. Aquatic center
is a bit much. But it was a nice indoor pool (25m, 4 lanes) with dive boards
and water slide and whirlpool, sauna, ... It was a nice relaxing afternoon.
We enjoyed it and I evening used it for my only workout. What surprised
me was that there were always many (3) lifeguards on duty and at least
one of them had to be at the pool. That's law they told me.
Day 11 - Jasper to Wells Gray