Heading west in the morning from Edmonton we continued with Rt 16, Yellowhead Highway. It was about a 6 hr drive and as the road turned southwest and we started climbing. Jasper is in the heart of a national park and is a major skiing area in winter.
The Scot cousins were booked at the Sawridge Hotel in town and there was about 4 hours of free time until they arrived. While waiting we hopped a shuttle bus to a sightseeing gondola lift to the top of a mountain overlooking town, the panorama was worth the ride up.
While on top a big storm hit and the gondola closed because of high winds. The thought of being blown sideways as we decended 7,000 feet of mountain made me a little nervous. Luckily the storm passed after around 90 minutes and a big rainbow appeared. We decended and took a taxi back to the hotel before the relatives arrived
The Scots were driving in a 3 SUV convoy from Vancouver and parts east in British Columbia. We all met up that evening and told stories over fish and chips. The following day we became a 4 SUV wagon train driving down Rt 93, the Icefields Parkway, first to Lake Louise and then on to Banff.
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