Canadian Buffoon's Hi Low Vacation - South Central Musings

[MrsHull]

You're welcome! And to the TR!



Hmmm... Do you mean back from the last trip?
Or back on the DIS, writing.

Because, man...
I've been writing steadily for the last few years!



I think she did it on purpose,
just to keep us around.

She's all better now.
She occasionally favours the leg,
and seems to sit a little oddly....

But she is definitely not slowed down at all!



She most definitely is!



Banff is both the name of a pretty town in the Canadian Rockies
in the Province of Alberta as well as the name of our country's
first national park.
You can check out this link...
or wait for me to get to that part of the TR!


Banff




I don't remember how long I had to wait.
I think... think I remember we got our bags
and I changed there at the airport.

But it's been too long and I'm not sure.



Noted.

Back with a new trip report. Yours are pretty fun to follow along with.

Of course the dog did it on purpose. Our cat starts puking when the suitcases come out.

 

[Dentam]

Hello! I'm here! Aack - 14 pages already... better get reading!

 

[pkondz]

Yes waiting too lol. I know I've been MIA but I want to see how this went lol

Sorry! Getting there!
All the photos that I need are uploaded to PB.
I'm in the middle of tallying points.
(And believe it or not, that takes more work
than the actual writing!)

Since it's taking so long,
I'm going to post an abbreviated update.
I'll get us to the first park
and then stop it there, I think.

 

[pkondz]

Well hello there! So apparently I've been gone a while.....

Yes you have! Bad! Bad girl!

Geese... so there was a bit of a snowball of things. First, my Photobucket account filled up and I had no way to upload and edit the pictures. Then germs and bugs got passed around the house. Then once everyone was better I ended up spraining my ankle while stubbornly pushing forward with plans for Little Miss's bday (frozen themed), then the sprained ankle decided that Achilles Tendonitis wanted to join the party. Enter this thing:

Saw all that (and commented!)
over on your thread.
Still... You've had quite the stretch.

Hehehe oops! I'm really not sure how to catch up. I think I'll just start here. So.... who ended up winning the Hawaii TR game? (I'm assuming not me since I fell off the face of the earth for a while. lol)

Alison did!
And I believe she and Fran
enjoyed their prize.

Anyways! You are probably waiting for me to get on with the comments from the start of this Trip Report, aren't you? .... Well since you were patient...

I was waiting just for you.



It's her fault the next update
isn't up yet, everyone!

Thank you! And thanks for giving me a good point to start from for my return!

You're welcome!
And.... to the TR!

Becuase in all the chaos going on I've missed your witty commentary and fun trip report anecdotes

Awww... shucks.

Probably wise blanket statement for the newbies.

They have no idea...

but not from boredom or because you wrote it but because I'm in wake up mode and don't have coffee yet.

That'll do it.

Huh this southern girl has only known them to come in that cotton waffle pattern that is so stiff and itchy.

Yeah, that's what it was.
I just didn't want to traumatize
anyone by showing the real thing.

You just need to convince her to give it one more try and then immediately schedule her a Mani-Pedi at the Grand Floridian Spa. If that won't change her mind and give you many husband points I don't know what will!

Smart. This would work.

So you were smart and then immediately scheduled her a Mani-Pedi at the Grand Floridian Spa.

Er.... uh...

Awa poor pkondz wallet. (And poor Puppy too)

While it sucked to cancel the trip,
I was more worried about the pup
than about my bank account.

Uh oh!!!!

Yup.

Super Early. I'll go with 5:45am

Miss Optimism here: both on time.

Expression: Board with a mix of anxious to keep moving. and yes stamp

Your favorite of course: Pop Century. Which it's a bummer that I missed you actually down there. I made it home without my Pop Century pin back in march.

Epcot

45min

Noted.

I believe I've already said that your Trip Reports were some that I missed the most reading!

And that's very kind of you to lie like that.

There I think I made it through everything!

Was it painful? Are you okay?

Edit.... It would appear my gifs aren't showing. Has something changed with how you can post them while I've been gone?

I took a quick look at that last gif that you
tried to post and noticed the link looked truncated.
At least there was no ".gif" at the end.
I tried putting that on it, but it didn't work.
I went to the website and saw it.
Couldn't figure out a way to make it work.
I tried saving it to PBucket, but didn't get the animation.

 

[pkondz]

Back with a new trip report. Yours are pretty fun to follow along with.

Ah! Okay!
And... thanks!

Of course the dog did it on purpose. Our cat starts puking when the suitcases come out.

Our older pup gets all sad
when she sees suitcases.
Younger one doesn't know
what that means, yet.

Hello! I'm here! Aack - 14 pages already... better get reading!

You haven't missed much!
And still time for the contest.

to the TR!

 

[franandaj]

Our cat starts puking when the suitcases come out.

Mine just lie in them. On all the clean clothes. I guess they want us to take a souvenir with them.

Alison did!
And I believe she and Fran
enjoyed their prize.

I did.

My blood sugar did not.

 

[pkondz]

Ha! Got it @Gracefulskinny
Are you using Windows 10 and/or Microsoft Edge
by any chance?
I opened the page in Explorer
and right-clicked "properties".
Got the link that way.
(Needed .../xT8qBqNisx9dkXWAX6/giphy.gif)

 

[Gracefulskinny]

Yes you have! Bad! Bad girl!

Who me?

Saw all that (and commented!)
over on your thread.
Still... You've had quite the stretch.

Alison did!
And I believe she and Fran
enjoyed their prize.

I was waiting just for you.

aww thanks!

It's her fault the next update
isn't up yet, everyone!

Hey Now!

You're welcome!
And.... to the TR!

Yeah, that's what it was.
I just didn't want to traumatize
anyone by showing the real thing.

While it sucked to cancel the trip,
I was more worried about the pup
than about my bank account.

Understandable

And that's very kind of you to lie like that.

No lie!

I took a quick look at that last gif that you
tried to post and noticed the link looked truncated.
At least there was no ".gif" at the end.
I tried putting that on it, but it didn't work.
I went to the website and saw it.
Couldn't figure out a way to make it work.
I tried saving it to PBucket, but didn't get the animation.

Ha! Got it @Gracefulskinny
Are you using Windows 10 and/or Microsoft Edge
by any chance?
I opened the page in Explorer
and right-clicked "properties".
Got the link that way.
(Needed .../xT8qBqNisx9dkXWAX6/giphy.gif)

According to DH I'm on Windows 8.1. I right clicked then selected copy link. guess I'll have to go through properties from now on.


Edit: I must be rusty! LOL I think I see what I did. I clicked copy LINK address instead of Copy IMAGE address. Here's a random one to see if I've got it working now:

 

[Gracefulskinny]

Huzzah! Gosh leave for a few months and forget everything apparently! lol

 

[pkondz]

Mine just lie in them. On all the clean clothes. I guess they want us to take a souvenir with them.

I'm pretty sure they wouldn't be thrilled
if you zipped up the cases with them inside
and then pitched them on a plane.

I did.

My blood sugar did not.

Oh, no! I killed Alison!!

 

[pkondz]

Who me?

Hey Now!

Well, don't go away for so long!

No lie!

You forgot the comma between the words.

According to DH I'm on Windows 8.1. I right clicked then selected copy link. guess I'll have to go through properties from now on.

Edit: I must be rusty! LOL I think I see what I did. I clicked copy LINK address instead of Copy IMAGE address. Here's a random one to see if I've got it working now:

Worked!

Huzzah! Gosh leave for a few months and forget everything apparently! lol

 

[Gracefulskinny]

Well, don't go away for so long!

Fair enough I suppose.

You forgot the comma between the words.

Worked!

 

[pkondz]

Fair enough I suppose.

 

[lisaviolet]

But... fulfilling??? At the time it was more like:
"What the H is happening???"

Yes fulfilling to picture so vividly in my head. Because we're not at the time. And I'm evil.

Seriously? Because of an apple????

Yeah and tell a customs agent that you're hoarding an entire bag of apples, that you're aware of unlike my one apple I simply forgot to ditch but still admitted - and they literally wave your car through the border. It is crazy the differences.

The best was when the officer in the pen said, "What do you mean he sent you over for telling him you had an apple in your purse?". I wanted to say yes sir that's his notes, read them. Or how the hell do I know - you work with the *******. But I don't like the possibility of getting flagged.

But he let me go immediately and laughed. And I waved goodbye to my new convict friends like I was in Dirty Dancing.

Can you imagine the delay after the multiple hour snake line that is Pearson customs sometimes and I still had security.

I did.

My blood sugar did not.

What did you get Alison? Butter tarts?

My answers are too ridiculous to get out of the basement.

 

[pkondz]

Yes fulfilling to picture so vividly in my head.

Gotcha.

Because we're not at the time.

This is true...

And I'm evil.

This is more true...

Yeah and tell a customs agent that you're hoarding an entire bag of apples, that you're aware of unlike my one apple I simply forgot to ditch but still admitted - and they literally wave your car through the border. It is crazy the differences.

Yeah, but maybe you have one
of those exploding apples
and you plan to take over the plane
and be a modern, terrorist version
of Johnny Appleseed.

We can't have that.

The best was when the officer in the pen said, "What do you mean he sent you over for telling him you had an apple in your purse?". I wanted to say yes sir that's his notes, read them. Or how the hell do I know - you work with the *******. But I don't like the possibility of getting flagged.

Yeah. Always smile and be nice
to the people who can make your
life a living hell.

But he let me go immediately and laughed. And I waved goodbye to my new convict friends like I was in Dirty Dancing.

Can you imagine the delay after the multiple hour snake line that is Pearson customs sometimes and I still had security.

No. Frankly, I can't.
Or at least,
I don't want to.

My answers are too ridiculous to get out of the basement.

You'd be surprised...

 

[franandaj]

What did you get Alison? Butter tarts?

What are those? He didn't send me any of those!

 

[orangecats2]

Still waiting...
I am not amused.

 

[pkondz]

What are those? He didn't send me any of those!

I don't think they'd make the trip.

 

[pkondz]

Still waiting...
I am not amused.

Sorry Carrie. But I got a good chunk written yesterday.
It should be up by tomorrow night at the latest.

 

[chookie94]

Yay, a new trip report! And i haven't really missed much yet which is new!

I am going to guess the questions, even if I am a bit late to that party

1. Flight is at 6am
2. First plane is on time, but the second delayed
3. No Stamp with a confused look
4. You grace All Star Movies with your presence
5. Epcot
6. A tough 3 minutes waiting.