As I mentioned in a previous post, the hostel I stayed in has only big dorm rooms which isn't so great if you want your privacy or if someone else snores but it is really great to make new friends. I made friends with someone with a car eh I made life so much easier :-)
The hostel has someone who works there who likes crafty things and flow charts.... This is what they had on hiking.
Yesterday I tagged along with 2 girls from Germany, with a car. We went for a drive to a lake near the town and then went for a beautiful walk through the snow with amazing views of the mountains and the town of Jasper.
Apart from me being told off for using the word sorry too much, it was a really great day :-) Unfortunately, hiking shoes which are bought in Australia are not designed to walk through the snow for 3+ hours, so even if they say that they are waterproof they will not hold out that much moisture. That's right, by the end of our walk, my feet and socks and shoes were all kinda wet.
For the rest of the day we found a nice coffee place in town, refuelled our bodies (and minds by the inspiring quotes on the bathroom walls) and then drove up another mountain for a splendid view over Jasper town.
After dinner and once it was dark, I went out with a group of other girls from the same dorm room and we went mattress sliding down the mountain side. The hostel has left out 2 vinyl cover mattresses at the bottom of a slope behind where the hostel is. We managed to drag them up and then sat on them for the thrilling ride down. It was so much fun and we got snow everywhere, what made it more fun I'm sure, is that we did it in the dark.
Someone had a waterproof camera so there should be pics coming up sometime soon.
that's all for now xxx
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