Jasper Town

We arrived back in Jasper Town as the sun was setting and enjoyed watching the play of light on the surrounding mountains. Jasper has a lovely small town feel about it. A bit Twin Peaksy (but without the spookiness), and I feel very relaxed here. Jasper is much less developed than Banff and the train station by the main strip somehow seems to give it a frontier town atmosphere. Enormously long goods trains pass through here at a leisurely pace. We spotted a couple of cars getting caught by the lights at a level crossing. They immediately did a U-Turn and drove off, speeding towards the next crossing, in an attempt to beat the slow moving train. The train took several minutes to pass, so I don't blame them. I would like to spend more time here, but alas, tomorrow we are leaving town. We had dinner at a Japanese restaurant called Denjiro. Shabu shabu was the order of the day, washed down with a few bottles of Kokenee beer. The beef was delicious. However, once again, my stomach is feeling somewhat on the full side. Hic!