Hey! Ho! Its Off To Adventure We Go!: Our Adventure

Our Adventure - Day 5

Today was part two of the Edmonton mall. Since we had arrived so late yesterday we had decided to give ourselves until 2pm today before we moved on to Jasper which was only a 4 hour drive away. We also decided to "sleep in" which was us getting up at 8 am which felt late since we had been getting up at 4-5 every day. We had leisurely showers and I actually took the time to put make up on! We checked out of our little inn and were given complementary breakfast coupons to the sister hotel Fantasyland which is physically attached to the mall. We made our way to the restaurant, it was trendy, beautiful, and a massive Buffett! Since it was free and a bit of a surprise we went a bit nuts filling our plates.

❤️yum❤️

We found that all of the "staff" in edmonton were very funny in the sense of them not wanting to be there! We are eavesdroppers and couldn't help laughing at many of the conversations we heard. The waitresses in particular were very strange. Either way it was a great (and free) breakfast with entertainment!

Then it was off to the mall to explore some more. We came across the hockey rink which startled us being so big and cleaned by a zamboni!

❤️ice❤️

We really didn't buy much, a shirt for jer and the shoes from yesterday was pretty much it.

❤️jers new shirt❤️

We did go to Galaxyland which was the theme park in the mall.

❤️Galaxyland❤️

We didn't do much in there except go on the biggest roller coaster indoors in the world! It was good. Scary but good. I screamed a lot and my belly was a bit upset after but it was good.

❤️roller coaster❤️

❤️We did it❤️

There was so much more to see and do but I'm not a shopper and started to get a bit grumpy and tired of looking at stuff. I was happy to hit the road again. I knew jasper was going to be beautiful and wanted to see it!

❤️excited❤️

❤️Saw this on the highway❤️

As we continued to drive all around us got hillier with denser forests. It was looking more and more like my beautiful British Columbia. When we finally saw the wall of Rockies in the distance it took my breath away. I was smiling sillily from ear to ear. I couldn't believe we had made it this far! I was so excited and so was Jeremy. We stopped at the first look out we could find to take a picture.

❤️first gilipse of the rockies❤️

❤️Lookout❤️

❤️love❤️

Then we were off to wind our way to the Rockies. We paid our dues at the entrance to Jasper National Park. Almost as soon as we entered we came across horned sheep! (Kristina and I had seen a sign on our own BC adventure years ago for big Horney sleep, but we never actually saw them! And someone had added the y to the sign, it's just big horned sheep).

❤️Horney sheep❤️

We watched them for probably 20 minutes. There were babies and teens up higher on the side of the mountain. Can you spot them?!

❤️Horney sheep❤️

After that we took another pit stop in the park and couldn't resist taking a little nature walk to a lake about 10 minutes away. Jer had on his hiking boots but I was not dressed for nature. My hair kept getting tangled in branches and I stepped in wild animal poo with my leather shoes!!! I enjoyed every minute of it!

❤️nature❤️

❤️Nature walk❤️

As you can see it was amazing. We were close to the town of jasper at this point so we hopped back in the cars and made our way. Jasper is a little tourist town so we decided to stay at the smallest cheapest (still$) hotel we could find. The Astoria had the best reviews and price so we stayed there. We were not disappointed by its charm. We were given real metal keys for our room! That was a first! Also very friendlypeople working there!

❤️hotel❤️

❤️Room❤️

We dropped our stuff and went out to forage for food! We knew this was the last of our adventure (and we hadn't had lunch) so decided on one of Jasper's top restaurants called Evil Dave's. It was increadable. Very high end but delicious, Local, organic and sustainable. Just the way we like it!!!

❤️evil Dave's❤️