A weekend in Jasper

Terry and I headed out on yet another wonderful weekend in the mountains. This time to Jasper.

Yes, we are extremely aware of how fortunate we are to live so close to the mountains and the cozy towns nestled within them as well as the fact that we can afford to make these little trips to our heaven on earth quite frequently. These, we decided, were going to be our continuing honeymoon getaways. We work hard, and besides the kids, this is what we decided we would throw our hard earned cash at for our time here on this planet...We couldn't be happier.

This trip to Jasper was actually planned around a wedding gift we received last year from Terry's parents. A 25 minute helicopter ride over the majestic Colombian Icefeilds.


Where most would be thrilled and excited for an opportunity to hover slightly above the peeks of our amazing Rockies, including my husband, I was more...hhmmm...terrified would be a good word for it.
After much anxiety and a pre flight beer we went for it.


As much as I would like to continue on with this story telling you I did it, loved it and wondered what I was so afraid of and just can't wait to get back up there...I can't tell you all that. I can say that I did it!!
I was so thankful that just as we were checking in a couple walked up, as we found out later, here from the UK looking for a Rocky Mountain adventure... I was thankful that they were put into our flight and because due to weight and balance issues in the helicopters, I would have had to sit by a window had they not joined in the 'fun'. So there I was, comfortabley placed in the back seat sandwiched between my husband and a nicely rounded European woman. I felt somewhat safer. Still I spent most of the flight with my eyes closed clinging to Terry's leg with some kind of super death grip (really sorry about that Ter) occasionally stealing a peek and sometimes holding my camera towards the front and side windows to see what I was missing. I had given up my super awesome camera to Terry so he could get the real deal caught in photos for us to enjoy together later. I was just happy to land.

Here are a couple of pictures from that trip.
Terry really enjoyed the ride so all was not wasted on us. Thank you for the wonderful experience Ma and Pa Bear.

Here is what we got to wake up with every morning...sooo peaceful.

We took many many hours driving back to our hotel after the helicopter ride doing something we both always want to do but never seem to take time for, stopping at all the road side attractions and turn offs along the way. We took many pictures and had so much fun but I will spare you, for now. One thing we were treated with was the vast amount of wild life spottings. We were blown away by various woodland critters we got to see. Here's just one.