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The weather is perfect, the colours are beautiful, the air is lovely.
Well, I stopped in Sicamous yesterday for the traditional ice cream cone from the dairy there, and being homesick and missing my critters, I went to visit the animals before getting my ice cream. I didn't get any ice cream after all, just pictures and video and a sore heart and a bitter resentment and a firm decision to end that traditional cone. Telling my family will be difficult.
I had a good time in Airdrie with Courtney, and a good but long drive to Kamloops yesterday. I am at my aunt's right now and we are visiting (my cousin Lindsay is here too, currently visiting with Ev). She has an absolutely beautiful place, this is my first visit to the "new " house that they have lived in for only 4 years - moved right after my last visit. I started my day with BC plum and an expertly brewed bodum coffee with DayZ milk, which has so far survived the trip. Then we got the tour of the yard complete with strawberries and raspberries and the last apple from the apple tree. Gramma is all done golfing for the year (Ev thinks maybe for good, but gramma says for the year), so I guess I was a little late on that one
She is going to come over for supper tonight though. I
will likely stay here again tonight and head north-ish in the morning
after doing some postering around Kamloops.
I resurrected my old 35mm canon and Courtney lent me a 75-300mm zoom (mine is 28-80) so that'll be awesome for getting lost in the mountains, which I intend to do this week. I think I will go to Williams Lake/Big Lake after all, so probably Tuesday - Friday I will be offline.
White Lightning likes the mountain driving, I got an extra 200 km for only 4 more liters between Calgary and Salmon Arm! Of course, gas is .15/liter more in Salmon Arm than Calgary, so it still cost $40, but much better than I had anticipated. I am very happy with the little car thus far.
As for gas prices, the big cities (Edmonton/Calgary) are totally random! Within a block gas can vary .10/litre. 121.9 here and half a block down, 125.9, and shortly after, 128.9. I fueled up at 118.9. That was okay with me. Calgary I found one selling for 119.9, but mostly it was 124.9 or higher. Golden, as Jesse warned me, was a full 146.9 (I didn't need fuel, thankfully) and the station at Roger's Pass was 148.9! I was glad to find prices back down to 135.9 in Salmon arm, though I could have made it to Kamloops on the Calgary tank. Kamloops is not much different from Salmon Arm, though I believe the price varies throughout the city. Speaking of salmon, we are having some for supper
Kamloops is so beautiful at night. I pulled in shortly after 8. The sky was black and the city to the south was twinkling up the hillside. I am going to get a picture of that tonight, as I am fully prepared for it this time around (I have failed in the past).
I just sat down to fill out my passport application and botched it twice in 2 minutes. Perhaps it is just not meant to be.
I am definitely missing the physical activity. I have been mostly in the car or sitting visiting since I left home on Tuesday, with the exception of the bike ride & walk in Edmonton and dancing up a storm in Airdrie. We also walked to and from the bar, so I guess I have been out some, but I feel like a cooped hen. So glad my hens aren't cooped. I think I will go for a run today, and would like to find a park with some monkey bars and invert myself. I have been threatening that since Lloyd and haven't been there yet.
Well, I stopped in Sicamous yesterday for the traditional ice cream cone from the dairy there, and being homesick and missing my critters, I went to visit the animals before getting my ice cream. I didn't get any ice cream after all, just pictures and video and a sore heart and a bitter resentment and a firm decision to end that traditional cone. Telling my family will be difficult.
I had a good time in Airdrie with Courtney, and a good but long drive to Kamloops yesterday. I am at my aunt's right now and we are visiting (my cousin Lindsay is here too, currently visiting with Ev). She has an absolutely beautiful place, this is my first visit to the "new " house that they have lived in for only 4 years - moved right after my last visit. I started my day with BC plum and an expertly brewed bodum coffee with DayZ milk, which has so far survived the trip. Then we got the tour of the yard complete with strawberries and raspberries and the last apple from the apple tree. Gramma is all done golfing for the year (Ev thinks maybe for good, but gramma says for the year), so I guess I was a little late on that one
She is going to come over for supper tonight though. I
will likely stay here again tonight and head north-ish in the morning
after doing some postering around Kamloops.I resurrected my old 35mm canon and Courtney lent me a 75-300mm zoom (mine is 28-80) so that'll be awesome for getting lost in the mountains, which I intend to do this week. I think I will go to Williams Lake/Big Lake after all, so probably Tuesday - Friday I will be offline.
White Lightning likes the mountain driving, I got an extra 200 km for only 4 more liters between Calgary and Salmon Arm! Of course, gas is .15/liter more in Salmon Arm than Calgary, so it still cost $40, but much better than I had anticipated. I am very happy with the little car thus far.
As for gas prices, the big cities (Edmonton/Calgary) are totally random! Within a block gas can vary .10/litre. 121.9 here and half a block down, 125.9, and shortly after, 128.9. I fueled up at 118.9. That was okay with me. Calgary I found one selling for 119.9, but mostly it was 124.9 or higher. Golden, as Jesse warned me, was a full 146.9 (I didn't need fuel, thankfully) and the station at Roger's Pass was 148.9! I was glad to find prices back down to 135.9 in Salmon arm, though I could have made it to Kamloops on the Calgary tank. Kamloops is not much different from Salmon Arm, though I believe the price varies throughout the city. Speaking of salmon, we are having some for supper
Kamloops is so beautiful at night. I pulled in shortly after 8. The sky was black and the city to the south was twinkling up the hillside. I am going to get a picture of that tonight, as I am fully prepared for it this time around (I have failed in the past).
I just sat down to fill out my passport application and botched it twice in 2 minutes. Perhaps it is just not meant to be.
I am definitely missing the physical activity. I have been mostly in the car or sitting visiting since I left home on Tuesday, with the exception of the bike ride & walk in Edmonton and dancing up a storm in Airdrie. We also walked to and from the bar, so I guess I have been out some, but I feel like a cooped hen. So glad my hens aren't cooped. I think I will go for a run today, and would like to find a park with some monkey bars and invert myself. I have been threatening that since Lloyd and haven't been there yet.
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