Day 8 - Tuesday, September 24

We have relocated to a cabin on a horse ranch near Hinton. I know it was just a little bit south of yesterday but it must be 26 degrees here. Personally I prefer that crisp autumn temperature. Oh well, we'll manage.

What a sad contrast, yesterday was a blaze of colour but today is a vision of what recently was ablaze.

A lunch stop at Jarvis Lake was relaxing. The Visitor Centre was not open but there were some helpful signs around to let us know what we were looking at.

We drove a good part of the journey through a wildlife sanctuary wrought with warnings of caribou, requests to report sightings and caribou crossings - we saw nothing. That's not unusual for us but I couldn't help think that status was at least partially due to the recent wildfire devastation. We're only about 100 kilometres from Jasper. Fortunately the scenery took our mind off the disheartening plight of the wildlife.

Our cabin is perfect for us - even got the name almost right...the White Cabin.

It even has a piano. We're only here three days so I'm afraid that's not nearly enough time for me to learn to play like Jerry Lee Lewis.  😅