In the morning, we stopped by Banff town for some breakfast at McDonalds and a nearby shop for beaver tail shaped fried pastry called a “beaver tail”. Yay for free Wifi at McDonalds!

Then we were off for a long day of driving. Our first stop was Lake Louise, which was mostly frozen. (It looks nothing like the postcard!) After being cold for a while, we walked though the public areas of the nearby Fairmont hotel and returned to the RV. Our next stop was the Columbia Icefield Centre, from which one can see at least 5 glaciers with the naked eye. The company running the centre also offered tours that drive out onto the glacier in a bus (which looked pretty cool) and something called a glacier skywalk (which seemed less fun). We declined to participate in either activity as we still had a lot of driving to go.

Around 20:00, we arrived at our campsite, Whistler’s Campground in Jasper National Park. It’s a long walk to Jasper town. However, there is a big RV parking lot just outside of town on the other side of the train tracks on Highway 93A.