Obligatory Vacation Photos
After a busy, exhausting week in Alberta, my sister and I have returned. West Edmonton Mall was so much fun, especially the water park. I didn't end up doing very much shopping but still managed to have an overweight suitcase (according to Dr. Air Canada).
Jasper was amazing of course. Every single time I told someone we were going to Jasper, the reply was always, "Oh! Jasper! I LOVE Jasper! You're going to have a great time!" Indeed, it's a hard place to dislike.
Anyway, I won't bore you with words. Here are some choice photos.
My sister and I (right and left, respectively) on some space drop ride in Galaxy Land (at WEM). We staged this and then were too cheap to buy the actual photo.
A slice of heaven...I love water slides.
My sister and I canoeing on Pyramid Lake in Jasper.
Me with my hour-old tattoo (under the bandage) with 382 Galaxy Land tickets. All it got us was an inflatable frisbee.
Elk on the road...we saw so many of them.
We did a tour thing to Mt. Robson.
We rented bikes and biked down this trail (which eventually led us nowhere).
All in all, we had a great time. I love the west. I've spent time in both the Atlantic and Pacific regions of Canada and although I loved the maritimes, I think I'll be adding myself to western Canada's population some day.
Also, here is what I learned from holidays this time: don't travel on little to no sleep. I was awake basically from Sunday at 9:00am MDT to Tuesday morning at 1:30am EDT. I did it voluntarily because we had a very early Greyhound bus, however it made the rest of the day very frustrating. I ended up leaving my jacket in an airport shuttle (which I got back), then left my iPod and cell phone at security in Edmonton. I was cranky all day, and then eventually burst out crying when we missed our last flight. The nice people at Air Canada took pity on me, though (they said they thought I was 17 or 18!) and gave my sister and I a free night at the Delta with $50 to spend on meals. I imagine that's pretty standard if it's Air Canada's fault that you missed your flight, but it still made me feel better.
posted @ 13:59
10 Comments:
You may remember we met at Jen's in Dorset when you were here? I wanna see the tattoo! I'm a junky myself and love seeing other people's work. Great pic in the canoe too.
Hi Morena, yes I remember you!
Here is a picture of my tattoo. It says, "god is a machine" in Latin. Gotten a few questions and stares, the general reaction to the meaning is summed up best as "..." Heh, I love it.
Hope you are doing well.
Looks like you are having a great vacation! So far my vacation has been pretty boring - just packing and getting ready for my lateral move across the North.
And I so have to remember that trick with Air Canada! Break out in tears! Not scream and yell at them due to their incompetence. Maybe I'll get something out of it next time rather than an 8 hour nap in a cramped airport chair.
And out of curiosity ... tattoo have any specific "hidden" message behind it? More so pro 'god is all wonderful and we should all bow down to him' or the apathetic 'meh he's just another cog in the wheel' (I had a prof in university who right now - if he could - would be making us write a paper with our theories about this)
Kennie,
It certainly was interesting having Air Canada take *gasp!* pity on me.
My interpretation of my tattoo is that life is ruled by technology. When you're born, you're hooked up to machines to make sure you don't die. Then you live your life through machines and computers who basically live your life for you, and then when you're old, you're hooked up to machines to keep you alive (depending how you die).
So with all that, it reminds me to enjoy the outdoors and nature and friends and the non-electric parts of life.
Well I think that is the stupidest tatoo I have ever seen and the reason for doing such a thing is Just as stupid...
But have fun kid.................Have a great vacation...........lol
Anonymous,
It's too bad your parents never taught you basic manners: if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. Thanks for wasting your time and mine.
Nifty tattoo! I like it!
Great Photo's. We Hope you had a great vacation!
I have never been out west, I'm an eastcoaster:)Looks beautiful though! Hope you had a great time
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