A LOVELY HOLIDAY?

With the new sensation/fascination being facebook, I have ignored my blog. But here you can type a lot more about what is happening in your life. (Is that good or bad, I'm not sure.)

We spent 4 days in Jasper last week and camped at the campsite called Pocahontas which is located on the road up to Miette Hotspring. When we pulled up to the little booth to pay and get our campsite assignment, Ronnie rolled down his window and then it began, a constant hum followed by hundreds, no, thousands, no, definitely millions of them. Anyone who has lived in northern Alberta can understand what I'm talking about. Mosquitoes. But, never in my life have I seen so many.


We quickly got the trailer set up, but first we doused ourselves at least 2 or 3 times with Muskol Repellent. After we got set up we raced into the trailer and stayed there for quite a while. We were afraid to step outside. The repellent worked a little but not much. We attempted to go for a walk but they followed in huge swarms.


Camping with us were several friends and their families. The normal protocol for the evening is snacks and visiting around the fire. The two nights we spent there we never had a fire or sat outside for very long as you would be carried away if you were stationary for too long.

After 2 days of this fun, we pulled up and left for another campsite close to Jasper called Wabasso. Our logic was it has to be better, but even if it isn't better there is no way it could be worse. We pulled up the booth and rolled our window down and let a good 100 mosquitoes out of the truck, none were flying in. We had a wonderful next two nights with few bugs.


While there one of the kids camping with us posed this question. Which would you rather be - eaten by a bear or eaten by mosquitoes? The unanimous decision was eaten by a bear because it wouldn't compare to the slow torture of the mosquitoes.