{"id":3250,"date":"2008-11-14T09:13:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-14T09:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress2\/book-week-begins-destination-jasper\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T18:43:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T18:43:07","slug":"book-week-begins-destination-jasper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/book-week-begins-destination-jasper\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Week begins — destination Jasper"},"content":{"rendered":"

This was a day of complete travel. I got up at 5am and was picked up by airport transportation at 5:50am for a 7:25 flight out of Hamilton. I had a three-plus hour flight to Calgary, and a three hour stopover there, then on to Edmonton, a three hour wait there, and then a 5 hour bus drive to Jasper. During my stopover in Calgary, I met Calgary author Anne Meticosh for conversation and breakfast. At Edmonton Airport, I met with Ron Baker, a storyteller who is also touring Alberta this week. We had an early supper. By the time I got to my hotel room, I was thankful for a shower and a comfy bed. They put me on the second floor and there was no elevator. Normally this wouldn’t have been a problem, but I have a torn meniscus and my knee is fragile. It was quite the challenge getting my luggage up the stairs.<\/p>\n

The bus ride was a highlight of the trip. It was actually a van with Sundog tours and John, the driver, was a font of historical info about Jasper. When he found out that my grandfather was interned at Jasper in WWI and that’s why I wanted to start my book tour here, he offered to take me to the site of the internment camp the next day.<\/p>\n

Below is a photo I took from downtown Jasper:<\/p>\n

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\u00a0And here is the Marmot Lodge, where I stayed:<\/p>\n

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