The theme for this day was recuperation. It has been non-stop for almost 20 days so when we woke up to an overcast and rainy day, it seemed like a fine time to put it into low gear and move slowly. We both slept in late and we decided to drive the 6 minutes into the town of Jasper for breakfast. We laughed when we realized it was already 11 AM and the lunch places were opening up already. We still managed to find a place to get some eggs and some hot green tea. Jasper is small, 4500 residents, and it is clearly influenced by the tourist trade. We walked the main street, bought a few things in the market and then drove around town for a while. We headed back when the rain started back up and spent the afternoon in our cabin room. It is a good thing because lots of items needed to be tended to. First the flight to Victoria had moved a few hours earlier and that would require us to check out at 6 AM and drive the 4 hours to Edmonton with little time to spare for dropping off the car. So we canceled our last night in Jasper and booked a stay right by the airport in Edmonton. Now we can take the drive to Edmonton at our own pace and stop at a few places along the way. That took a big load off of stress off of our from our plates. It is hard to get a good nights sleep when you know that a rude awakening is imminent. We also called all the sisters and caught up with family. Next came finances, the checking of balances, the paying of bills and the signing of various documents. After that we had to re-examine our flight to Toronto that has also moved to an ungodly time of 7AM departure from Seattle. More work will have to be done on that. The rain continued on and off all day, so we had dinner delivered and we enjoyed our first pizza in a long time. The rain let up in time for a after dinner walk. The lake was flat and calm. The ground squirrels were peeking out of their burrows watching us and the staff who were setting up for tonight's concert. The concert was billed as a symphony under the stars but we are afraid that it was really going to be music under the clouds, Clouds of rain and clouds of mosquitos! Those pesky critters chased us back to the room!
We saw several side cars today
The happiest mannikin ever
The rain isn't too heavy
But it is not too light either
It kept these guys in their burrows
It kept us in our burrow as well
But Pizza to the rescue!
The concert venue
The concert backdrop
Not too shabby
Day 21 of our Migration
