Thanksgiving in Jasper

We've been thinking about making a trip to Jasper (the closest mountains to Edmonton) and decided that Thanksgiving Weekend might be a nice time to finally go.  One of Wade's coworkers recommended the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge and when we started to look into it they had several activities planned for the weekend so it seemed like it would be a fun place to stay.  It was a beautiful place and we had a great time.

Saturday we picked pumpkins from the "pumpkin patch", carved pumpkins, did a scavenger hunt, and checked out the town of Jasper and ate dinner there. 

Sunday we rented a pedal boat and went out on the lake for a little bit (Ethan complained and didn't seem to enjoy it at all but 5 minutes afterwards he said "That was a fun boat ride"), Craftsgiving, took a guided wildlife walk (and saw some Elk), and ate a Thanksgiving Buffet dinner (Ethan really enjoyed the live band and danced in his chair the entire meal). 

Monday we checked out and then went to do a little exploring before heading home.  Ethan had two requests to start out the day...throw snowballs and pee on a mountain (he remembered doing this in South Dakota).  We took the Jasper Tramway up Whistlers Mountain and had a snowball fight at the top.  Next, we drove up to Maligne Lake and came across some big horned sheep along the way.  Ethan got to fulfill his second request and he also discovered the fun of throwing rocks into the slightly frozen lake.