Day 44 - Jasper

We are glad we got past Prince George yesterday.  We have a pretty short drive to Jasper, less than 200 miles.  The fires in BC are really bad and the news has more about how many people have been evacuated from their homes.  We hope everybody is safe.  The sun rise was red because of the smoke.
It is a weekend in July and a lot of the area is on fire so I think that everybody with some time off is heading to Jasper and the national parks.
Traffic is getting heavy.  Some drivers are aggressive and taking risks when passing.
The scenery is wonderful and the weather is warm.

By the time we get to Jasper, everything is crazy busy.  They have RV parking areas, but they are all full and parking a truck and trailer in town is impossible.
Bill drops Cathy off at the information center to try and find a camp spot and then drives around a five block circle.  We are following and spot a grocery store and I drop off my people to get some necessities.  Cathy calls me and says she has camping for all of us in an "overflow area" we are not sure what that will be, but we have a place and Bill and I are done driving for today.  She comes out to the street just as Bill drives by.  I still have her on the phone so she sees me and jumps in the truck.  We follow Bill on another lap as he looks for a place to stop so she can get back in their truck.  We make the switch and they head out to find the "overflow area" and I make another round looking for my people.  Two more passes and there they are on the corner.
We follow Cathy's directions and head "north" on highway 16 that runs east - west and we find them driving around an open dirt field.
Bill says; "Where do we park?" and the answer is anywhere.  He finds a level spot and we turn around so our doors are facing each other and we get some shade from the trailers.

Cathy was worried that we would be disappointed with the camp spot, but the views are magnificent and we enjoy the helter skelter parking and the friendly neighborhood atmosphere.