The End of the Line

So after the last blog, we went through the main part of Saskatchewan and up to Edmonton at night, getting into Edmonton early in the morning (although the train was about ninety minutes late). Actually, they have moved the VIA station to the industrial suburbs of the north of the city, just for the wonderful scenery, I guess. This was about as far north as we got on the trip. Some pictures of the Prairies.










We then followed the Yellowhead Highway up into the Rockies, stopping as always to allow the oh-so-important freight trains to pass by ahead of us. Sometimes we were stopped for over a half hour, waiting for a train to pass. Very frustrating. So by the time we made it to Jasper, we were over two hours late! One of the women I met on the train was on her way to a ski meet, and had a four hour drive ahead of her. This was difficult enough in the daytime, but it was snowing and going to be dark.


We had a shortened time in Jasper, and it was raining/snowing while we were there, so we were not too keen to be outdoors anyways. After we got back on the train, we went for supper and passed some spectacular scenery while at supper. I got a few photos.







And then the picture of Darlene looking out the window of the observation car.




Then to bed and we woke, almost in Vancouver. It's actually warmer in Dundas right now. The wind is blowing hard, and it's raining. Sigh!
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