Oh, God... the horror.
I may never get in the water again.
Well not if there is a baby hippo wanting to gum your leg!
One was, I wanted to take some photos of the mall.
For you people.
The things I do for you!
You are so dedicated!
Really, am I not wonderful?
Tell me I am and.... nothing.
Too easy of a cop out for bonus points.
But tell me I'm amazing and you'll get some.
You are absolutely most definitely Ah-Maize-ing! Totally and absolutely!
I'd not noticed at the time
that there were removable adapters
that came with it.
And I didn't have the right one.
That's why whenever I buy something to take on a trip, I make sure it remains in it's original packaging until I have the time to inspect it properly. And I was afraid that would happen when you wrote that. I too have a third party charger with those little doohickeys.
I sashayed over to the mini golf.
It's not the greatest,
and I remember playing it about
140 years ago.
That's about how long ago I played mini golf.
Every mall has a replica of the Santa Maria in it, right?
(Yes... that Santa Maria.)
I'd be more impressed if it was made out of
Lego.
you can see a sign for the Sea Lion show.
Sea Lions in a mall? You Canadians are whackier than I thought!
The other end of the food court:
Looks more like a flower show to me.
So..... apparently, no one had told her,
and she didn't realize...
that you had to jump up and over the waves.
I wouldn't have know that either.
Oddly enough, she's not as keen on wave pools as I am now.
I wonder why....
And it being a Canadian mall...
it has to have a hockey rink.
Now
that makes sense.
And one last shot.
Sorry for the quality,
but the theme park wasn't open yet
and that's about the best I could do.
That's where I would expect to find Marvin.
I grabbed a Danish and a muffin for breakfast.
I got back to the room and sure enough,
she was up and getting ready.
I let her pick her pastry,
and unfortunately she picked the Danish.
Dang.
Based on this and something you wrote on one of my TRs, you're not much into sharing. See Fran and I would have cut both pastries in half so that we got some muffin and some danish each.
I love wandering the mall,
popping into women's clothing stores
and just standing and waiting.
Huh. I never would have guessed back when I dated guys, they always hated that part of the deal.
I grabbed a Gelato and munched as I waited.
What about Ruby? Didn't she want one?
I didn't remember so I turned my back to her.
(No, it's okay. That's where the location is indicated.)
I knew that.
That... and I'm just naturally rude.
@Steppesister and
@franandaj ….
You’ll see.
Heck. Just ask anyone who’s met me!
Somehow I doubt it. You're Canadian.
So I bought a T-shirt in Edmonton, too.
Apparently.
Have you mapped out all the Harley Davidsons in Southern California?
I mean, how freaking picturesque is that???
Very much so!
The drinks came in take-out cups.
Not every A&W uses the frosty mugs.
Bummer.
Our first glimpse of the Rockies.
Ooooh purty!
Well..... no.
But it is the first place I stopped
to take a photo of them.
What? You mean you don't drive around with one hand on the steering wheel and the other with a camera in hand snapping away?
We arrived in Jasper at ten after five in the afternoon.
Or is that early evening by then?
Bonus points for giving me your opinion.
By my calculations morning is the time space before noon. Afternoon is just what it says after noon. Evening begins at 5PM, regardless of when the sun sets.
Admit it.
You want to stay there, don't you.
Well, yes and no.
Actually... I'm kinda curious.
Some of you are going
"aaaaawwwww!!!"
It is rather quaint. But a little spartan. I suppose it had everything necessary.
Some of you are recoiling in horror.
Nah, it wasn't a tent.
Let me know where you stand
and I'll toss you a few bonus points.
I think I just did.
After lugging in the suitcases
(but not the food. It was cool enough
that I left it in the trunk.
Nature's refrigerator.)
I learned about that with beer when we visited Wyoming in January one year.
I WALKED INTO A GIFT SHOP!!
The horror!
Ruby made a point of going into...
Every. Single. Gift shop.
Some, more than once.
Set a precedent, pay the price.
I had done a minimal amount of research...
And restaurants weren't part of it.
I was…. Pretty burned out.
Which resulted in us repeating endlessly:
"Wanna eat here?"
"I dunno."
"Let's keep looking."
I hate that scenario.
And... we chose wisely.
I've since discovered that
TripAdvisor gives this place
4.5 stars out of 5.
Good job. Most of the time we "miss" when we do that.
I decided to just have a Limoncello.
Sue me for not drinking an alcoholic beverage.
I didn’t feel like it.)
I thought Limoncello was an alcoholic beverage.
A full grown bull elk.
Right smack in the middle of the road...
that we had to go down.
Well whooda thunk?
Except these particular cows
can easily kill a person.
I did not know that.
Dead tourists are not good for the economy.
They don’t go in the gift shops.
Nor do they frequent the restaurants.
And for the rest of the walk,
I kept a look out
for bears or cougars or dinosaurs.
Oh my!
Because I'm sure there were plenty lurking in the shadows.
That's right!
I'm a man!
I can hide in terror like the best of them!
Oh, yeah!
Well at least you admit it!
1. Sure. Why not. It's a trend.
What time do we get up?
7:30
2. Do we go in a gift shop?
Yes
3. We watch a movie.
In a theater? On the TV? On the iPad?
iPad
4. Elk. We see more.
In town or out?
Out
5. Haven't asked this for a while.
Do I get asked for directions?
Of course I do.
How many times?
I'll narrow it down.
Less than five times.
Two
6. How do I get revenge
on that elk?
You eat it's brethren for dinner.
7. Are these chapters too long?
Yes, half a day would be betree and easier to respond.
Did you see it?
I hope not!
Because I didn't do one this round.
But... for bonus points.
How hard did you try to find
something anyway???
I was about halfway through the update on my phone when I realized maybe I should look, but then I decided to wait until I was on the computer and could see the pictures larger. Then I read your confession and was relieved.
Keep on rollin' everyone.
I hope you guys are having a blast! gotta keep an eye out for those unruly ones
