{"id":49,"date":"2012-06-21T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-21T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Alberta\/?p=49"},"modified":"2013-06-25T12:33:56","modified_gmt":"2013-06-25T12:33:56","slug":"day-7-exploring-jasper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/?p=49","title":{"rendered":"Day 7 \u2013 Exploring Jasper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We awoke to another clear and sunny day, and with a daytime high of 24 degrees, today would be the warmest day of our trip so far.<\/p>\n<p>Wanting a bit of breakfast to start the day, we headed into the Jasper townsite.&#160; Below are a few photos from the main street.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P6218911\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P6218911\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/Alberta2012\/Day7ExploringJasper_A722\/P6218911.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P6218913\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P6218913\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/Alberta2012\/Day7ExploringJasper_A722\/P6218913.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P6218927\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P6218927\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/Alberta2012\/Day7ExploringJasper_A722\/P6218927.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>And since the CN Railway is the original reason for Jasper\u2019s existence, the railway station is in the centre of everything.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P6218920\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P6218920\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/Alberta2012\/Day7ExploringJasper_A722\/P6218920.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>After exploring the town, we returned to the lodge.&#160; As we arranged for a short guided ride on horseback, we headed for the lodge\u2019s stables.<\/p>\n<p>I wasn\u2019t able to carry my camera on the horse, but here\u2019s a picture of the horses we rode.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P6218932\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P6218932\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/Alberta2012\/Day7ExploringJasper_A722\/P6218932.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>After spending about an hour and a half on the trail ride, we went out to explore the area some more.&#160; On the road out toward Maligne Lake, we must have run into a dozen bear sightings.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P6218948\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P6218948\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/Alberta2012\/Day7ExploringJasper_A722\/P6218948.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Looking out over Medicine Lake\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA         \" border=\"0\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA         \" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/Alberta2012\/Day7ExploringJasper_A722\/P6218953B.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>If you look closely, you will see the moose on the island in the photo below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P6218956\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P6218956\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/Alberta2012\/Day7ExploringJasper_A722\/P6218956.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Another bear coming down the road toward us\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P6218959\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P6218959\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/Alberta2012\/Day7ExploringJasper_A722\/P6218959.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>And here we are passing by it\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P6218960\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P6218960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/Alberta2012\/Day7ExploringJasper_A722\/P6218960.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P6218966\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P6218966\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/Alberta2012\/Day7ExploringJasper_A722\/P6218966.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Looking out over Maligne Lake.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P6218969\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P6218969\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/Alberta2012\/Day7ExploringJasper_A722\/P6218969.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Another moose\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P6218977\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P6218977\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/Alberta2012\/Day7ExploringJasper_A722\/P6218977.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>On the way back to Jasper, we saw a family of 4 black bears.&#160; You can only see 2 in the photo below, as they were running into the forest as we went by.&#160; One of them even looked to be climbing up a tree.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"P6218979\" border=\"0\" alt=\"P6218979\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/Alberta2012\/Day7ExploringJasper_A722\/P6218979.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>After returning to Jasper Park Lodge, we went for another dinner on the patio in one of the nice restaurants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We awoke to another clear and sunny day, and with a daytime high of 24 degrees, today would be the warmest day of our trip so far. 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