Comin Round the Mountain!

Day Three, She’ll be coming round the mountain...

So the sheep slept in my shower bag again.  They seem to like it up there, who am I to argue?  When I wake up today we are nearing Edmonton.  It is really early.  I have been waking early on the train and going to bed early.  So we pull into Edmonton and some people get out for a walk.  I am just getting dressed! So I take some pics of the train station and the planes taking off right next to it.  It is kind of out in the middle of nowhere.   LOL So I get ready to go for Breakfast and plan on staying in the activity car to watch for Mountains.  I know we will be getting to them soon.   Mom and I head up after we depart for Jasper.   We had yummy breakfast and then went to the skyline car.  We sat and chatted for a bit. The scenery started to change and I could tell we were getting closer. 

The first sight of the Mountains is always awe inspiring.  I don’t care who you are, it just is.  It was the same for me this time as it was the last time.  They are amazing!  I managed to get some really nice pictures though.  Everyone on the train was super excited!  J  We were taking pictures and looking this way and the other way. It was awesome and a lot of fun. 

Pretty soon we were deeper in the mountains and we saw a moose, mountain goats, hawks, elk and lots of other birds.  No pictures of these...LOL It happens to fast!  LOL And the stupid trees getting in the way!  Sheesh...my mountain pics are important, get out of the way!  Or bend!  Teehee...

Pretty soon they announced we would be in Jasper.  Mom headed back to our cabins as she had an errand to run right away.  I hung back and left from the next car.  Got into the station and got off and went to the bathroom in a non-moving toilet!  Woot!  Then went over to the shop in the station and got some postcards to send.  We were only supposed to be there for 45 minutes. So I got them and went outside to enjoy the sun and write.  Mom, just got back with timmies iced coffee and they announced we would be staying for longer.  They had to take off 2 train cars.  So we hung out and got some sun, it was hot!  Drank our coffees and socialized.  Finally we were allowed to get back on and off we went heading towards British Columbia.  Back on board we saw more of nature’s beauty.  Pyramid Falls and we saw a brown bear!  Sweet!  He was at the side of the tracks and did not look too happy to see us there.  Pretty soon dinner was called and off we went.  In case I haven’t mentioned it enough the food is amazing!  J  After dinner I hung out with Stu for a bit and we chatted about his plans once we reached Vancouver.  We also talked about how Mom and I came to be on this trip and our plans too.  We headed back and I got ready for bed.  One more night and then we would be off to a new adventure!