For the first time since Minnesota, we’ve been able to sleep in without being concerned with a check-out time. We’re currently at my friend Will’s place in Calgary, crashing in his basement temporarily before heading towards Vancouver.
We arrived yesterday afternoon at around 5, earlier than we had planned. We were hoping to spend more of our day in Glacier yesterday, and got an early start to the day to do so. But as we were driving west to east through the one main road that cuts through the park, we found out that it was closed in the middle for road construction. We ended up going around the south end of the park, which was about 100 miles, on slow, winding roads.
We got to the entrance with the trail we were hoping to do, but by then, thunderstorms were nearing and we found out that half the trail was still covered in snow. Turns out we’re just a little too early in the season to catch some of these parks, especially Glacier. Still glad we saw it, but to really experience it, we’d have to visit sometime between July and September.
We left the park at around 12:30 and crossed the border into Alberta, stopping briefly for lunch before making our way to Calgary. Justin ambitiously petitioned that we solely listen to music by Canadian artists during our time in Canada — i.e. Avril Lavigne, Nickelback, Bryan Adams, Sum 41, Celine Dion. That lasted about 30-40 minutes before we all cried uncle.
Will was off work by the time we arrived at his place. We went out for a few drinks at a place called Earl’s, followed by some sheesha at the place he works, Narah. We finished the night at another bar, before coming back here to catch up on some sleep.
Heading out with Will in a few minutes to pick up our friend, Andrea, who is coming to Calgary from Seattle for a few nights with a friend who is here on business. The plan for now is to spend the day hanging out around here, go out tonight, then see Banff tomorrow.
Sounds like Wednesday night is a good night to go out here in Calgary, but from Banff, we will probably start making our way to Vancouver, since that’ll take about 12 hours.
The Phallic Road Trip 
Justin just wanted an excuse to listen to Nickelback. If he had it his way, it would be all Nickelback, all the time.