Anecdotes away!!!
I apologize in advance for the randomness that ensues...
----High-altitude lessons---
#1: Remember back to grade 9 health class and the drugs and alochol unit. Do you recall that list of items that effect how drunk one becomes? Well...altitude was on that list. I forgot because, let' face it, at the time I was in Detroit and a whopping 500feet above sea level and it seemed completely irrelevant. Well, let me tell you: it's not. 5 beers last night and I was falling-down drunk. London people and Tinker, I know it's hard to believe. At least my alcohol costs should go down as a result. Everybody gets to be a lightweight!
#2: My boss suggested a nice warm-up hike for Bob and I to take up the Tunnel Mountain trail. It goes up to 5500 feet (quite low around here) and my boss said he completes it in 25 minutes. 25 seconds into the hike Bob and I were doubled-over and gasping. At least the bloodthirsty herds of elk didn't get us, though it was close. Inside joke...
-----Insane Weather----
3 changes of clothes per day. No joke. More often than not, I've woken up to snow, even brushed some off the car one morning. Soon enough, it goes from -5 or -10 to 10 or 15 through the afternoon and then back down to below zero at night. As well, it seems to be pretty normal for it to suddenly start raining and clear up again 1/2way through the day.
Overall, it's been amazing here. Sunny and calm most of the days so far, which apparently are rare. The air is the freshest I've breathed in a long time and I have yet to sneeze, cough, sniffle, or anything else. This place seems to do a body good. Like milk.
-----Last vestiges of the move----
My car is still in Montana. Bonnie's parents car is still dented and won't be able to get it fixed without them knowing. Nuff said.
-----Annoying internet cafe people-----
There are probably about 50 seats in this internet cafe. I was alone here. Guess where the guy who just came in sat down? Yea...across from me
-----Chinese Restuarant---
Went for Chinese lunch with Bob yesterday. Despite there being several set tables for 2 easily available, the host chose to set up a new table in the corner with a 1-table buffer zone between us and the Asian patrons. We had different chairs, different plates, different place settings, no tea pot. Interesting...
------Foreign Visitors----
There are so many British tourists here that I've been slipping into a bad British accent from time to time on accident. Yes, most have bad teeth...WHY!?!? But here's my odering of nationalities:
1 - United Kingdom
2 - Japan
3 - Australia
There seem to be VERY few people not from one of these 3 places around here. Definitely odd.
-----Bonnie----
Visited Bonnie down south today and she looks great. I haven't seen her that happy in a while. This job and location seem to be doing well for her. Since I will be seeing her again Wednesday or Thursday, I pilfered her camera and will be posting as many pictures as possible. Hopefully one of the next couple days will be nice weather and I'll get the chance to hike Tunnel Mountain again and post those pictures.
-----Living Arrangements----
Still in my "palace" but hope remains in the near future for a move. I will have the incredible privelege of even having my own room! Wow!!! And being able to have girls stay over (where have the good Catholic roots gone? This place is a den of sin!!) . In the meantime, it looks like my primary internet will come from this iCafe and, as such, I'll only be signing on every couple days. Too expensive otherwise.
----The Pictures-----
We'll start with the palace. Wow! Sorry about the mess.....and yes, this is the whole thing...sadly. Can't wait to get into the other place.
Aren't you proud of me?
The next pictures are of my drive through Kananaskis country. A 3-hour drive from Bonnie's work to Banff. The road i took was spectacular and I took as many pictures as I could. Unforutnately, because I was also driving, the quality of some is kind of low. Ah well.
And yea....winter is coming......
Hopefully pictures of Banff tomorrow or the next day. Cheers!
----High-altitude lessons---
#1: Remember back to grade 9 health class and the drugs and alochol unit. Do you recall that list of items that effect how drunk one becomes? Well...altitude was on that list. I forgot because, let' face it, at the time I was in Detroit and a whopping 500feet above sea level and it seemed completely irrelevant. Well, let me tell you: it's not. 5 beers last night and I was falling-down drunk. London people and Tinker, I know it's hard to believe. At least my alcohol costs should go down as a result. Everybody gets to be a lightweight!
#2: My boss suggested a nice warm-up hike for Bob and I to take up the Tunnel Mountain trail. It goes up to 5500 feet (quite low around here) and my boss said he completes it in 25 minutes. 25 seconds into the hike Bob and I were doubled-over and gasping. At least the bloodthirsty herds of elk didn't get us, though it was close. Inside joke...
-----Insane Weather----
3 changes of clothes per day. No joke. More often than not, I've woken up to snow, even brushed some off the car one morning. Soon enough, it goes from -5 or -10 to 10 or 15 through the afternoon and then back down to below zero at night. As well, it seems to be pretty normal for it to suddenly start raining and clear up again 1/2way through the day.
Overall, it's been amazing here. Sunny and calm most of the days so far, which apparently are rare. The air is the freshest I've breathed in a long time and I have yet to sneeze, cough, sniffle, or anything else. This place seems to do a body good. Like milk.
-----Last vestiges of the move----
My car is still in Montana. Bonnie's parents car is still dented and won't be able to get it fixed without them knowing. Nuff said.
-----Annoying internet cafe people-----
There are probably about 50 seats in this internet cafe. I was alone here. Guess where the guy who just came in sat down? Yea...across from me
-----Chinese Restuarant---
Went for Chinese lunch with Bob yesterday. Despite there being several set tables for 2 easily available, the host chose to set up a new table in the corner with a 1-table buffer zone between us and the Asian patrons. We had different chairs, different plates, different place settings, no tea pot. Interesting...
------Foreign Visitors----
There are so many British tourists here that I've been slipping into a bad British accent from time to time on accident. Yes, most have bad teeth...WHY!?!? But here's my odering of nationalities:
1 - United Kingdom
2 - Japan
3 - Australia
There seem to be VERY few people not from one of these 3 places around here. Definitely odd.
-----Bonnie----
Visited Bonnie down south today and she looks great. I haven't seen her that happy in a while. This job and location seem to be doing well for her. Since I will be seeing her again Wednesday or Thursday, I pilfered her camera and will be posting as many pictures as possible. Hopefully one of the next couple days will be nice weather and I'll get the chance to hike Tunnel Mountain again and post those pictures.
-----Living Arrangements----
Still in my "palace" but hope remains in the near future for a move. I will have the incredible privelege of even having my own room! Wow!!! And being able to have girls stay over (where have the good Catholic roots gone? This place is a den of sin!!) . In the meantime, it looks like my primary internet will come from this iCafe and, as such, I'll only be signing on every couple days. Too expensive otherwise.
----The Pictures-----
We'll start with the palace. Wow! Sorry about the mess.....and yes, this is the whole thing...sadly. Can't wait to get into the other place.
Aren't you proud of me?
The next pictures are of my drive through Kananaskis country. A 3-hour drive from Bonnie's work to Banff. The road i took was spectacular and I took as many pictures as I could. Unforutnately, because I was also driving, the quality of some is kind of low. Ah well.
And yea....winter is coming......
Hopefully pictures of Banff tomorrow or the next day. Cheers!
posted by Anonymous at 8:29 PM
1 Comments:
you looked just as good and seem just as happy, dear one :-)
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