There is not a lot of traffic in Jasper, but you do get caught in the craziest traffic jams. We were held up for a while by bighorn sheep that had set up a roadblock apparently with the intention of shaking down motorists and licking the salt off their cars. Most of our photos of the sheep look kind of unsightly (actually, Gary took some great ones of the baby sheep) because they are moulting at this time of year. You could probably follow them around and collect yourself a sweater. You can see this guy’s got some tufts sticking out on his backside. But those horns! It gives me a headache to look at him.

Busy day trying to meet a deadline, and this afternoon I was feeding and cleaning up after the baby raccoons at Wild ARC. They are the fiestiest little guys, but I find them adorable, even when they are gnawing on my fingers (with their cute baby teeth of course). Tonight I attempted to make the Roasted Veg. Pasticcio from the Rebar cookbook, but cheated a bit in a rush to get it done, so I probably didn’t do it justice. Still, a big pile of pasta and roasted vegetables with a baked breadcrumb topping and cheese can only be so bad. After dinner we got to cleaning the house to get ready for guests arriving tomorrow.

More trip photos to come when I get a chance, including the megabomb of cuteness which will blow you away with its plush, long-legged, twig-chewing adorability. Just you wait.