Road Home

Mt. Edith Cavell peeks out through the smoke

We had our first sunny morning as we were leaving Jasper, but by now the smoke had blown in (supposedly from Siberia).

We were glad to leave the crazy Jasper traffic behind, but not before some tourist made a left turn in front of us from the right lane when we were in the turning lane.

We camped overnight at North Thompson Provincial Park just south of Clearwater.  This campsite had just been reopened after recently being occupied by the Tiny House Warriors (really, it's a thing, they have a website) as a protest against the Kinder Morgan pipeline.

There was no sign of discord other than some red paint on the highway at the entrance and 2 small trees felled over a trail.  It's a nice campsite with trails along the North Thompson River and up to a viewpoint overlooking the confluence of the Clearwater River and the North Thompson.

I may have had a slight meltdown that evening when I was being eaten alive by mosquitos and noseeums despite using bug spray and it was too hot to wear long sleeves or pants or to hang out inside the trailer.  To add fuel to the fire, the camp attendant told us it was our last chance to have a fire because the fireban started in the morning, so Leo dutifully lit a fire with our remaining firewood.

It did eventually cool down, and the next morning we had a short and uneventful drive home.

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