Coconut M&M's: Bike Tour Day 1: Jasper to Jonas Creek

After White River Matt and I drove to Alberta, Canada to join friends Amber, Eric, Aaron and Melinda for a bike trip through the Canadian Rockies. Amber had done all the planning, all we needed to do was show up - talk about spoiled! Matt was nice enough to drive all night while I dozed on and off in the backseat so we could meet the group in Jasper on Sunday.
The Bike Trip

Monday morning we loaded our bikes and began the tour. We were quite the motley crew, using a variety of methods to carry our gear. Give our various circumstances we quickly broke into three factions:

Team Gimp - Amber and Melissa
Team Chariot - Eric and Aaron
Team I ain't got no excuse - Matt and Melinda

The long and short of it: We biked from Jasper to Canmore, 209 miles. We averaged ~50 miles/day for 4 days. Our longest day was 55 miles and our shortest was 47 (I think). We did A LOT of climbing and were reward with stunning views and fantastic company.

Monday: Jasper to Jonas Creek

We started pretty late on Monday and still managed to roll into our campsite by 7:30, giving us plenty of time to set-up camp, eat dinner, and visit before hitting the sack. My Achilles was aching pretty good and I was able to ice it in a mountain stream. I would write more, but this day was mostly accomplished getting the kinks out and our butts used to sitting in the saddle.

Animal Count:
Black Bear - 1

Some pictures from day one are below: