The next day we set out to enjoy doing some activities around Jasper!
前夜の食事のおかげで（？）、朝食・昼食をとる必要が無かったので、1日遊びに集中です(*^^)v
まずしたのは、マリーン渓谷（Maligne Canyon）の下見です。
Thanks to the big feast we enjoyed the night before, we had no need (and no room) for breakfast or lunch! So enjoying some activities became the full focus of our day! First we went to check out one of Jasper's most beautiful sights: Maligne Canyon!
Jasperには、マリーン・キャニオンと呼ばれる有名な渓谷があります。
夏は、渓谷に沿ってハイキングコースがあるので、渓谷の上をハイキングができます。
冬は、渓谷に流れる川が凍るので、渓谷の間にある氷の上を歩くことができます！これは『アイス・ウォーク』と呼ばれて人気のスポットです。ツアーに参加して、ガイドに連れて行ってもらうこともできますが、私たちは自分たちで行くことにしました(*^_^*)
Maligne Canyon is also one of Jasper's most popular sights. In the summertime, there is a trail that runs along the edge of the canyon, with several bridges crossing over it where you can hike along and look down into the rushing waters way at the bottom of the narrow canyon. In the winter season, the waters in the canyon freeze, creating the opportunity to hike along the bottom of the canyon on an "Ice Walk". There are guided tours that outfit and lead groups of tourists on these Ice Walks, but we checked it out and decided that we could do it ourselves.
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| マリーン・キャニオンに向けて出発！ On the road heading out to Maligne Canyon |
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| すぐにまた野生動物に出会いました！ Soon enough, again we saw some wildlife! |
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| 鹿かなぁーと思いましたが、Caribou（カリブ／トナカイ）の生息地に来ていたので、カリブかなぁと思います。耳が鹿より大きいかなぁと思います。。。 It's fun trying to identify animals I've never seen before! I thought this was maybe a deer?...but this area is a common for Caribou, so maybe a Caribou? The big ears seem bigger than what I imagine a deer's ears to be... |
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| もちろん、野生動物に食べ物をやることは”違法”です！！ It was interesting to see lots of signs reminding people that it is illegal (and dangerous) to feed wildlife |
We arrived at Maligne Canyon!
As you can see behind Steve, there is a fence that runs along the hiking trail. We came down along this trail.
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| マリーン・キャニオンには6つの橋がかかっていますが、 後ろに見えるのは『２番目の橋（Second bridge）』です。 私たちは、1番目の橋から下って来ました！！ There are 6 bridges that enable the trail to criss-cross the canyon. The one in the background here is the "2nd Bridge" We started at the top at the 1st Bridge and made our way down. |
渓谷の間に見える水色の氷が、川が凍った状態です↓↓↓
The water-blue coloured ice that is down at the bottom of the canyon is the frozen river!
この場所から、渓谷の下に下りて行くコースを見つけることができなかったので、車でもう少し下の方のコースに行く事にしました。するとまたすぐにさっき会った（？）カリブにまた遭遇しました。
We couldn't find a safe way to get down into the canyon from our first stop, so we opted to drive down to where the trail starts at the other end of the canyon. On our way, wouldn't you know it, we again met-up with (the same two?) caribou!
車で隣りを走ってものんびりしています・・・(^.^)
They were just taking it easy and checking us out as we carefully drove-by.
ここが下の方のスタートポイントです！吊り橋を渡ってハイキングコースを探検します(*^_^*)
Here is the Bridge 5 starting point! After crossing this suspension bridge, we again found the hiking trail.
Here is the Bridge 5 starting point! After crossing this suspension bridge, we again found the hiking trail.
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| この橋は、『５番目の橋（Fifth bridge)』です。 |
この橋で、散歩中のご夫婦に会い、アイス・ウォークは、ここからスタートして「4番目の橋」と「3番目の橋」を目指して行くと、川に下りるハイキングコースがあるので、そこをたどって行けばいいと教えてもらいました。
なので、今日の下見では足元を確認するためにちょっと歩いて、次のアクティビティーに移ることにしました！
At this bridge, we met another couple who told us that the Ice Walking seemed to be between the 4th and 3rd bridges and that it seemed best to take the trail down by the river.
So, we walked-up the trail a bit and we could see fresh foot prints that formed a trail by the river that lead up-river and into the canyon. We decided that judging from the footprints on the trail we would need some extra grip on our boots, and factored that into our plans to return and do our own walk up the canyon the next day.
At this bridge, we met another couple who told us that the Ice Walking seemed to be between the 4th and 3rd bridges and that it seemed best to take the trail down by the river.
So, we walked-up the trail a bit and we could see fresh foot prints that formed a trail by the river that lead up-river and into the canyon. We decided that judging from the footprints on the trail we would need some extra grip on our boots, and factored that into our plans to return and do our own walk up the canyon the next day.
次は、ピラミッドレイクという湖に行って、湖の上をクロスカントリースキーしました(*^^)v
後ろの山がピラミッドみたいに見えますか？？
Next, we went to Pyramid Lake to do some cross-country skiing on the lake!
Can you see how the mountain in the background kind of looks like a pyramid?
Next, we went to Pyramid Lake to do some cross-country skiing on the lake!
Can you see how the mountain in the background kind of looks like a pyramid?
湖の上に張った氷の上にさらに雪が積もって、スキーができます。スキー用のトラックが2本引いてあって、その跡をなぞって滑っていきます。
The snow that is on the frozen surface of the lake makes it possible to ski right on the lake! There were tracks set for skiing, so it is easy to set your skis in the tracks and ski smoothly around the lake.
Steveが私が滑って行く後ろ姿を写真で撮ってくれました。これで湖の広さも分ると思います。。。
「左上→右上→左下→右下」 の順です。この湖を一周するだけで私はもうくたくたになりました。
Steve hung back and took these pictures of me as I skied away. These pics really give perspective to what a huge area it was. (the sequence of the pictures is upper-left, upper-right, lower left, lower right). We followed the loop on the lake around once, and then I was exhausted!
ちなみにこの湖は、Steveの家族の思い出の場所でもあり、Steveが幼い時、この湖でカヌーをしたり泳いだりしたそうです。冬のこの景色からは想像もできませんが、きっと夏もきれいなんだろうなぁと思います(*^_^*)
It turns out that, as Steve's parents later told me, this lake was another spot that they often came to on family camping trips in the summer when he was a child: they would go canoeing and swimming here. Although it is hard to imagine when looking at it now, it must be beautiful here in the summertime as well!
さて、スキーだけでは終わりません。この湖にはスキートラックの他に、スケートリンクも作られていました！これも天然のスケートリンクです☆表面はスケートの跡ですでにボコボコで、私は何度も転びそうになりました。湖の上でスケートなんて、日本にいる時は考えたこともありませんでした・・・
Skiing wasn't all we did! As well as a ski track, this lake also had a skating track! This is a natural skating rink! The surface was really rough and I almost fell down so many times! When I was in Japan, never did I even imagine I'd ever be skating on a lake!!
食事を抜いていたので、スケートが終わった時にはお腹がペコペコで、おへそと背中がくっつきそうな程でした。宿泊先に戻る前に、ちょっと「プティーン」を食べようということになりました(^.^)私の初めての「プティーン」はこれです・・・↓↓↓
We hadn't eaten all day, so after skiing and skating our appetites were back in full force! Before heading back to our hotel, we decided to go out for a little something called poutine! This was my FIRST TIME to taste poutine!!!
初めてカナダに来た時から名前は聞いていたけど、食べてなかった物の１つが「プティーン」です。「プティーン」とはフライドポテトにチーズが乗って、その上にグレイビーソースがかかっているという食べ物です。フランス系カナダ人の人たちがルーツだそうです。食事の1品というより、居酒屋でたのむ1品という感じで、見た目にも伝わると思いますが、高カロリーです！健康に気を遣うSteveは、「1年に1回食べればいいものだ」と教えてくれましたが、あまりのおいしさに私たちはJasperにいる間、２夜連続で食べてしましました！！！
I had heard about poutine the first time I came to Canada, but I had never tried it. With French Canadian roots, poutine is a brilliantly tasty concoction of French Fries topped with gravy and melted cheese. Rather than a dish that is part of a meal, it is more of a dish to share while having a beer. As I'm sure you can tell just by looking, it's not the healthiest food in the world. In an effort to be health conscious, Steve admitted that we should probably limit ourselves to 1 poutine a year. But since it was soooo delicious, (and technically, there are two of us!) the next night we opted to order it again!
次のブログでは、いよいよのマリーン・キャニオンに行った写真を載せます！お楽しみに(*^^)v
In the next blog entry, I will post the pictures of our hike through Maligne Canyon! Enjoy!!
めっちゃ楽しそうですね。
返信削除島根も寒いぞ！
でもカナダほどではない。
カナダはすごいね。
行ってみたいな。
Steveと出かける時は常に、日本からのお客さんをいつか接待する事を想定してする事、食べる場所決めてます(*^_^*)
返信削除いつか来てくださいね！
（私たちが日本に帰る前に(笑)）