All photos taken September 4, 2022.
Our rest break over, we headed out from 6th Bridge on the final leg of our expedition. The wide paved road was a relief from the rocky trails we had just ridden.
But, our relief was short lived, as we branched off onto the more scenic trail back to Jasper.
Pyramid Mountain seemed so close, but we knew we had a long way to ride to get back there. Ravens gathered for hastily called meetings on the sandy Athabasca River islands.
The trail got more rugged and hilly as we got closer to the Maligne Lake Road.
Now in view of Highway 16 across the river, we watched a cyclist passing regular traffic. We would rather be riding where we were.
At the bridge, we could hear an air horn honking. This reefer truck was trying to tell oncoming traffic to pause so he could cross the narrow bridge.
Flat trails ahead through grass and trees…
…soon brought us to the road into Jasper. A group of mountain bikers came charging toward us, somehow confident that us old geezers would just get out of their way. Strangely enough, they were right.
Jasper town streets were still fairly quiet.
We climbed up Pyramid Lake Road past all the familiar landmarks. From time to time, we pulled off to allow vehicle traffic to pass.
At long last back home in time for Wine O’clock, we took stock of our journey. All told, our expedition had taken us 38.7 km (24 miles) and 4 hours and 15 minutes. Time for a break from the saddle.
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