Oh July 3rd we drove the Icefields Parkway toward Jasper where we camped at the Wabasso Campground for two nights. While we were driving the Icefields Parkway we saw a few glaciers. Glaciers are made out of snow and ice and the carve very steep and pointy mountains.
We stopped at the visitors Center where we saw an exhibit about the Columbia Icefield. The Columbia Glacier is the largest glacier outside of the arctic.
The Wabasso Campground was just south of the town of Jasper and was very nice. The bathrooms had flush toilets and and hot and cold running water. Maggie and I rode our bikes around the campground and found the river. We had taco salad for dinner. It didn’t get dark until about 11 pm.
The next day we woke up and it was July 4th so Daddy played the Star Spangled Banner and America the Beautiful. We went into Jasper and found good sandwiches at the Other Paw Bakery. We drove up to Maligne lake and disappearing Lake, which was a disappearing lake. It was a disappearing lake because it drains into underground caverns and then it refills from the rain and the snow melt.
The we went to see Maligne Canyon. It was a very skinny, deep canyon carved by the river. The water was a very pretty color. Next we went swimming and paddle boarding at Lake Annette. My big discovery was tree snot that could be found on floating trees in the lake. It is green with brown speckles. It totally grossed out my my mom. Robbie and Daddy went for a swim in their wet suits. Maggie, mommy and I did some paddle boarding. Mommy fell in and lost her favorite Maui Jim sunglasses. She was very sad. I found a tiny dead fish that I threw back into the water.
We had a good dinner that night at a brew pub in Jasper and got ice cream at Grandma’s Ice Cream Shop.
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