We’re sitting about four hours outside of Vancouver, in a town called Kamloops, where we stayed last night. Though the offer to stay in Calgary for a third night was very tempting, we hit the road yesterday afternoon to cover about two-thirds of the trek to Vancouver, leaving us with a little over 200 miles left for today.
The plan is to get into Vancouver before rush hour this afternoon, and settle into a hotel before the basketball game starts tonight, at six o’clock Pacific time. We’ll look for a sports bar to hang out at, taking it easy tonight so that we can walk around Vancouver a little on Friday before leaving for Seattle Friday afternoon.
We left Calgary at around noon yesterday afternoon, following Will and Andrea to Banff and then to Lake Louise. Unfortunately, it was again rainy and foggy when we got to Banff, though we still walked around the village and grabbed lunch. It did clear up a little bit by the time we got to Lake Louise; Will and Andrea hiked around the lake before heading back to the city, while the three of us started heading west.
Literally, as we crossed into British Columbia, the weather became beautiful. Justin joked that the people of the province we’re a little pretentious for putting “Beautiful British Columbia” on their license tags, but took it back after we continued driving through the one major road that cuts across Canada, across some really scenic countryside.
When we get into Seattle tomorrow night, we’ll have to ask Andrea how Wednesday night at Cowboys was; she’s heading back on a flight today. Had we had a flight, we could’ve stayed, but this drive between Calgary and Vancouver would’ve been painful had we saved it all for today.
The Phallic Road Trip 