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Day 161 / May 31, 2024

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Ember Hutton

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Today was our last day in Jasper and we had a lot left to see. I guess that we’ll be adding this one to the list of places we’d like to visit…again!

Before we left the campground for the day, Everett found his dream rig…
Riggs did his daily chores…
…and our car wouldn’t start. 😖 We were able to jump it but this is concerning because a dead battery is not a good scenario when it is being towed behind an RV at 90 km/h.
Once we were finally ready we headed to see Maligne (mah-LEEN: rhymes with clean) Valley. Maligne Road is a winding, narrow road through the most stunning scenery.
There were lots of tourists pulled over (and out of their vehicles 🤦🏻‍♀️) to take pictures of wildlife along the road.
Once we got to Maligne Lake we had to take the quintessential “postcard photo.” I guess it was an ok view. 🤪
As if we hadn’t seen enough beauty in the Maligne Valley/Maligne Road/Maligne Lake there was Maligne Canyon. 😱 In French, maligne means “wicked” but we thought it was wickedly gorgeous!
Maligne Canyon is technically a gorge because it is “a narrow, slot-like feature carved in the floor of a U-shaped valley.” Someone must have thought Maligne Gorge wasn’t as marketable but they weren’t thinking of the gorge-ous puns they missed out on. 😆
There are many residents in the canyon including the Black swift. These birds are rare and inhabit only a few places in the Rockies.
Their nests are built in the canyon walls and we could see the adults feeding the baby chicks in the nest.
It’s crazy to think that the canyon is actually getting deeper every year (we’re talking millimeters here but still!) as water rushes through it and acts as liquid sandpaper.
Maligne Canyon, with depths of more than 50 meters, is the deepest canyon in Jasper National Park.
We thought that it looked a lot like the slot canyon we hiked in Arizona from above.
After a day of all things Maligne we hit up Jasper Pizza Place.
Adler opted for a his usual cheese pizza but mixed things up and added strips of elk. 🫎
I wasn’t about to leave the area without one more beaver tail! 😋
We weren’t brave enough to try poutine but whoever marketed poutine on top of a beavertail and named it “poutail” should get a pay raise. 😂
In 1948, Canadian artist James Simpkins created the character of Jasper the Bear and the character was officially adopted by Jasper National Park in 1962.
That’s a wrap on the school year!
Goodnight Jasper (even though this photo was taken at 9:30 and it’s not even close to dark!) 🌤️

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Hi! I’m Ember and I love traveling and photography but not so much organizing said adventures and pictures. Chronically blogging in past tense. :)

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