There be Gold in Them There Mountains- Yosemite Sam

As we approach the end of our brewery journeys, the looming threat of all parting our own ways was enough motivation to plan a family outing to Jasper. Probably one of the best collective ideas we have had for quite some time. As our deadlines are starting to close, and tensions are high, a little wilderness adventure was required to jumpstart our energizer batteries.

Getting down to the good stuff. So after a long 4 hour drive to Jasper we arrived... and lucky for us it was a beautiful day! The drive down really sparked our need for some physical activity as we started with healthy snacks such as grapes and at the first gas station got cookies, popcorn, candy, and pizza.... We put on our runners as soon as we got in.

So Jasper is pretty unreal. With the four of us coming from the East the fact there was mountains, trees, water, and sun was like a dream come true. I think our picture taking might have even become quite tedious, with side of the road pit stops on the frequent.

Rolling into Sawridge (an awesome inn by the way that we stayed in) we were directed to the best hiking location. Mount Edith Cavell- a glacial mountain. As seen in many of my photos and the ones below I became one with the Ice... What these pictures do not show is me climbing up the glacier in this cave- not my smartest move, but I did it and I came out alive.

I need to note the non GMT love on this one... while climbing up very slippery glacial avalanche rocks, I turned around about 70ft up and to my surprise there were no more GMTS to be seen... GUYS SERIOUS!!  What if I fell... what a sad GMT trip that would be.

Moving on- what I did not see before my solo expedition was this lovely sign, specifically telling me not to enter the cave and glaciers, but as seen in the next picture... That did not happen. Big Cave though right? In this picture it is that little black hole, but that little black hole is really freakin big.

You can just see the start of the ascent behind me in the photograph. At the very top was sheer rock and a small stream, but unfortunately no way around but how I came. I think climbing down took me double the time of climbing up... Mom and dad thanks for all the climbing lessons (it paid off)

So fun prank idea- tell us what you think
We thought it would be great if we took a whole bunch of photos in the glaciers, where there is always snow, and send the photos to the American GMTS who always inquire about the weather here up in Canada. Personally I think one of us throwing snowballs on the frozen glacier lake would be best!

Random thought, but some how I feel it was fitting in this Blog. Anywho Back to Work!
To those of you who are currently at ABI Day today in Toronto- GOOD LUCK and make sure you are yourself... or you may get stuck with a bunch of crazies like ourselves!

Toodles!