Alaska: We will be back!

After saying good-bye to the bears near Hyder, Alaska and to the many glaciers along the Hyder-Steward access road we travelled East through isolated Northern British Columbia. A day was spent in the resort town of Jasper, AB as we became tourists. On our way to Edmonton, Alberta wildlife could be spotted from the highway.

Unfortunately the buffalo were in protected farms and the small herd of Mountain Sheep were not afraid of people trucks and cars. They are a common sight in the area of Jasper.
(They are extremely well adapted to the elevations of the Rockies. They are almost as agile as the mountain goats in steep terrain but they can move much faster because or their characteristic leaping and bounding, reminiscent of a deer). Guess we are edging back into common civilization.

The two weeks spent with family south of Edmonton were enjoyable. In the just over three months since we had been there previously the construction growth in the greater Edmonton area was remarkable. We wondered when the prices of the homes would hit the ceiling.

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