Day 6 Vancouver to Jasper (September 22nd)

Day 6 of Canada holiday Vancouver to Jasper  Our train journey has begun!  We travelled overnight on the Canadian and woke up in the Rockie Mountains. We slept quite well and consider the beds on this train to be superior to those on First Great Western.  We had breakfast in the dining car and settled down to watch the scenery go by.  It was quite misty at first and we could not see very far or high but it gradually dispersed to give us some wonderful views.  

We had 2 deisel power units pulling us

This was used when steam was the power

We followed rivers and lakes, we passed lovely mountains and waterfalls,  we occasionally met other trains - mainly freight trains which seemed to be miles long.  We used the viewing dome carriages to give better than average sightings of all that was around us.  We had a chat from a member of the staff about the history of the Canadian and the line.  Time did not drag and soon after lunch we had to move our clocks forward and we arrived in Jasper at about 3:30.  A coach was soon at the station to transfer us to the hotel where we are staying for 2 nights.  We checked in and settled into our spacious and comfortable room. I published yesterday's blog and we then had a walk into the small town and found a place to eat.  We are now relaxing as we are going to have a full day tomorrow.  You will have to read it tomorrow to find out how it all went!