Service Due & a Re-visit to Old Friends

Due to the early ferry docking we see nothing of the area close to Prince Rupert which is supposed to be pretty scenic (to be fair virtually everywhere around here is).
We hope to get to Prince George today some 440 miles distant but the lack of sleep on the noisy ferry makes the going tough at times.

This is the Lakes district of BC although the whole country has plenty, this is Frazer Lake & you can see that the rain has stopped with the weather improving as we travel.

This area is 'Logging' country with huge wood-yards & sawmills along the way, plenty of work here for Dave or Nick.
At this lumber yard, don't they mean 'induction' or is 'indoctrination' the Canadian way?

Prince George is a transit town with no great interest & the next day we are back to Jasper, as you can see John is still suffering from the poor sleep over the last few days.

When we reach McBride we come across some more 'Air-Heads' at a fuel stop!!

These signs are frustrating as we stretch our necks looking for the 'abundant' wildlife, we think the critters put up the notices just for a laugh & then go hide!!

Here we stop to take a view of Mount Robson at 3954m the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies, first climbed in 1913 by Kain, MacCarthy & Foster, the flowers are pretty too.

Moose Lake looks glorious in the afternoon sun & has the railway running right beside it, I ask John to organise a train to enhance the picture but he fails.

As we approach Jasper there is another time change as we enter Alberta, we have a dinner appointment with Wayne & Janice at 6pm, we arrive on time (that makes a change!).
We are made very welcome & have a great evening, John now has lots of dirt on Graham his daughter Alex's friend.

It's now back to Edson a short ride away to utilise Don's workshop for our overdue service as we have already done over 6,000 miles since we arrived. 
it's a glorious still day again & the reflections in the shallow lakes are at their best.

Thanks again Don & Pauline as not only did we get the service sorted at a much better location than a hotel car park, we also came across this magnificent Elk on the way!!!
Those antlers must weigh a ton.

We leave Edson on the 24th and make our way to Valemount, the weather deteriorates & we enter rain, this area is classed as a temperate rain forest so I guess we should expect it.
We did however not expect to find hummingbirds this far north, we wonder what they do in the winter but they evidently travel south to Mexico!!!