Roland and I are back on the road again, today we left Kelowna, BC and we made it as far as Jasper, AB. 

This is my second time visiting Jasper National park, and I keep forgetting just how beautiful this part of Canada is. 
It's endless rugged beauty, rivers, streams, forest and mountains. One can both literally and figuratively loose themselves in the park. 

As usual after a long day of driving Roland and I were able to find a hotel, more like a hole in the wall. The room here was tiny barely enough space for two people and navigating into the washroom was a bit of an adventure. But any place with a somewhat comfortable bed is still a good place to crash for the night. 

We did a bit of exploring, check out a couple of local restaurants for dinner, followed by another dinner....yes that's right, we're fat bastards. Why have one meal with two back to back will do, haha.

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One the restaurants we visited featured a spectacular game meat menu, I had the braised bison ribs (picture from above) in a saskatoon berry reduction. Roland had an elk steak, with the same saskatoon berry reduction. It was a fantastic meal. Then we headed over to a bar for some beers and yup another meal. 

I had the fish and chips, which pretty good, but Roland had a pull pork poutine which was amazing!!!!

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I don't think I've put on any weight....maybe.....

Anyway, enough talking, here are the pictures of the day:

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Tomorrow we're heading down the Ice fields highway to Banff, then off to Calgary.