Our last day in the Rockies has arrived, and it's time to re-pack the car and take our road-trip home. It was hard to leave Jasper behind, we all wanted to spend more time there, relaxing and getting to know it even better. But there was more to see :-) We drove to Mt Robson and called in for breakfast at the cafe, enjoying the warm sun through the windows. Fed and caffeinated, we walked out to take in the sight of the highest mountain in the Canadian Rockies. Once again we were lucky, and the summit was cloud-free. There are only so many photos you can take of the mountain from this angle, though, and once more we had to continue on our journey. But we had one more trick up our sleeve: we drove as far as the Mt Terry Fox pullout, turned round and treated Mum and Dad to the same experience of rounding the corner and seeing Mt Robson fill our field of view that we had when we first visited in 2007. It's a massive mountain and really dominates the landscape.
I had seen someone's photo on Flickr that inspired me to take something similar. It involved stopping along the straight section of road as you drive directly towards Mt Robson and I had to pull off onto the verge as there was no shoulder to speak of. Then it was a simple matter of dodging the truck traffic to cross the highway and get the picture I was after. :-)
Mt Robson
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