capture the flag
1:30pm-4:00pm
the most extreme activity you can partake in the whole fucking week. 4 square blocks, open bar in each jail, spies, girls next door, neighbours who can't be trusted, double-agents, and a massive cache of alcohol peppered throughout. hosted by: down the rabbit hole @ 3:3 and delirium
randnorm mind grenade
to survive in nelson, the first lesson you have to learn is to do wthout. - my landlord
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normdate 6.1.6
my memory card on my camera was corrupted, so all of the pix i took today are gone :( sorry, just w3rd5 for this blog entry...or old pikchaz.
neil and i woke up early today to some typically beautiful nelson weather. i made us some breakfast which we nibbled at while we packed up neil's rental car with our shit (read my shit).
packed up and ready to go, i stopped by jim and fiorinda's place to say godbye and randomly gift jim my 19" monitor.
next stop was the dancing bear inn to say goodbye to anke. i have so many fond memories of this dedicated german telemarker. she randomly gifted me the dvd sinners, filmed at whitewater. now i've got video evidence of how extreme this little gem of a ski resort is.
thank you anke. i love you and look forward to seeing you again at shambalha.
our final stop was at andrea's place at 324 beasley, the place where i called home for the first month i spent here in nelson. it was great to say goodbye to abilash (he's such a well behaved baby) and thank andrea in person for being such an angel. i don't know what i would have done without you andrea. thank you for being there for me. i will never forget your kindness. love and blessings to you, akkal, and abilash. a-team massif!
neil and i headed south towards creston as we journeyed towards alberta. creston is where kokanee beer is brewed, which is humourous because kokanee glacier national park is 20minutes north of nelson, not in creston. meh, like people really care about the details ;)
we ate at a small buffet in creston and continued our journey to the rocky mountains. seeing the change in mountains from the kutenais to the rockies is fascinating. from tree covered mountains to sheer rock face, the rockies are beyond majestic. they remind you how old and ancient they are, they humble you.
driving through banff national park with the rocky mountains surrounding us was nothing less than incredible. we saw mountain goats, both the horned and hairy kinds, elk, and deer. never know what animal might be crossing your path on the highway.
we made a quick stop in banff for some dinner and sightseeing. whoah, its so different to be in a place where tourism and spending money is beating you down every turn you make. meh, i guess its not that wierd to me coming from toronto, i've just spent the last six months in a different environment.
there is a billboard outside of nelson that has no advertisement on it because the people of nelson would boycott any business that would place an ad there. now there is a chicken wire fence around the billboard because the townspeople, on two occassions, took hacksaws and chainsaw to the billboard and cut it down. people in nelson don't like being told what to do, or what to buy.
as we walked down the main street in banff, i was stopped by a familiar face. a guy i know from nelson named cory was standing on the street corner. never know who you might run into, even in another town.
neil and i enjoyed a delicious sushi dinner at one of the many japanese restaurants in banff (holy shit, i've never seen so many japanese restaurants or japanese tourists in one place before). then we made the 90minute drive to calgary as the sun set behind the majestik rocky mountains of alberta.
we arrived at my friend kristin's place in the heart of calgary's northwest suburbs. tired and exhausted from a long journey, neil and i passed out.
thank you for getting us to calgary safely neil. it was so good to reconnect with you. thank you for providing a place for us to stay kristin. its good to see you again.
love and blessings
~*...normaste...*~
