Revelstoke, Jasper and Calgary

Sorry again that I haven't blogged in a while. Things have started to slow down a little bit since we are mostly driving but we have still had some eventful things happen.
We left Whistler and drove to Revelstoke BC. It was about a 6 and a half hour drive through the mountains. I was nervous again to drive through them because the highways are mostly 2 lanes and if you are trying to round a bend and a truck is doing the same it can get a little scary! Once we arrived in Revelstoke we went to the KOA and set up our tent and cooked hotdogs for dinner. The campground was nice and the owner assured me that there were no bears in the area. I was not convinced. How could there not be bears in the mountains? That night we cuddled into our sleeping bags and watched Glee and then went to bed. It was SOOOOOOO cold that night. I don't think I have ever been so cold before. None of us got much sleep.
The next day we set out for Jasper Alberta. We switched off drivers quite frequently because we were all so tired. The drive to Japser was very pretty. We stopped at Lake Louise on our way because we missed it when we drove through Banff. Lake Louise was beautiful. The water was frozen over so we couldn't see the greenish blue water which was too bad but the mountains were really something. As we were driving to Jasper we saw our first snowfall of the trip! It was inredibly cold but unfortunately, I had already booked Jasper National Park for 2 nights and none of us wanted to camp again because it was freezing. We decided to cancel the reservation, got a hotel and decided to stay for only one night in Jasper. We went out for dinner to Jasper Pizza which was DELICIOUS and then we went back to the hotel for a nice soak in the hot tub. The next morning we were planning on getting up at 7:30 but we all slept through the alarm and woke up at 8:45. I think we all needed the extra sleep! We decided to explore Jasper some more that day and went for breakfast to the Bear Paws Bakery. They had so many things to choose from and everthing I tried was wonderful. After that we thought we would drive out to the Fairmont Hotel to see what it was like. I thought it would be one of those castle looking Fairmonts, but it was just a number of wooden lodges. The scenery was gorgeous though. We stopped at a little lake surrounded by the mountains where some people were scuba diving. It was so calm and peaceful and we have some great pictures. Then we set out for Calgary.
We arrived in Calgary just before supper and we got all settled in. It was so nice to be at Heather's home and see her family again. Her parents made shish kabobs for dinner and then we were all pretty tired so we just relaxed and went to bed.
Yesterday we went to Heather's church and then we went to Starbucks. Starbucks definitely makes the BEST chai lattes. We then came home to Heather's house and had lunch and then we decided to take Kevin to get his oil changed. After that we were going to go out for cheap wings, but the place we were going to go to looked incredibly sketchy so we opted for East Side Marios instead. After that we went to Safeway for blueberries and then we went to see the Back Up Plan starring Jennifer Lopez. DON'T SEE IT. It wasn't very good and I think that J Lo should just stick to singing. Today we slept in till 11:30 and I think we are going to just have a relaxing day. We might head over to Fabric Land so Heather and I can buy some warm fabric because we want to winter-ize our racoon hats so we can wear them in the winter. I think this will consist of flaps around the ears. I will let you know how it turns out. Tomorrow we are going to see my friend Jesse in Shaunavon Saskatchewan, then we will probably be heading into the states. North Dakota has had tornadoes so I guess we will have to see what the weather is like!