On Sunday morning daylight savings time came to an end so we rolled our clocks back and got an extra hour of sleep. We repeated the same drill as Saturday, and had the free continental breakfast at the hotel. Then we packed up all of our gear and checked out.
After leaving the hotel we decided to take a drive back up the Maligne Lake Road. We drove all the way up, past Medicine Lake, to Maligne Lake. Then we turned around and slowly made our way back down the valley. We stopped at a number of places along the way to make photographs. Mostly this was in two or three different spots along the river as we visually explored the ice formations. By early afternoon we wrapped things up and began the drive back home to the city. We made one final stop out at the dunes along Jasper Lake. The sand was mostly covered with a thin layer of snow, but there were some interesting snowdrifts along the shore of the lake. There were some heavy clouds forming in the west and the light coming through them, highlighting the drift patterns, made for some interesting shots.
It was about 3:30 when we finally finished up here and we reluctantly packed our stuff into the truck, changed out of our heavy winter clothes, and hit the road for home. About five hours later we rolled up in front of my house. We sorted out all the gear from my truck and Steve and Nigel, who had been riding with me, headed off to their homes. I dragged all my stuff into the house, put it away, and closed the chapter on this years expedition.
The trip was a lot of fun, despite the less than ideal weather conditions. I really enjoyed being out with all the guys and look forward to doing it all over again next year.
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