Nothing could have prepared me for the final part of our train journey.
We were running a little late (about an hour) from Edmonton, where several of our new friends were getting off.
We re-joined the train after they added another panorama coach and we headed off to Jasper.
The views became increasingly impressive and the announcements gave additional land-marks to view. We spent a fair amount of the journey riding in the sky car which gave 360 views above the coaches.
We reached a place called Hinton where there was evidence of snow fall on cars. We then left after a 20 minute or so stop whilst paramedics attended to a medical problem on the train (which was an ongoing problem that had caused a delay in the night), and descended through even more scenic landscapes. There were a group of Portugese who were becoming more and more excited at the scenery, but when we were suddenly confronted with towering mountains in front of us, the camera clicking and gasps of amazement drowned out the next announcements about us entering Jasper National Park in approx. 1 mile.
It as truely impressive sight, with the sunshine, blue sky nd snow covered ridges making the profile of each mountain even more prominent. Admittedly my camcorder was doing its job for most of it, and will await careful editing to avoid the deafening Portugese party being too distractng.
We disembarked the train and collected our bag and headed off to find our hotel for the night.
We've since explored a little more and even had a try out in the hotel's pool, sauna and steam room.... just what we needed after nearly 3 days on the train.
And relax !
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