(Back) On the Road Again
Monday, April 18, 2011
After a settled five and a half months in the bubble that is Whistler, it's time to say good-bye and get back on the road. My experience in Whistler was exactly what I was looking for - a break from work; extended ski lesson; belated Uni experience (share houses, including share bedrooms) and, most importantly, the formation of many great friendships with people all over the world.
When I first left Australia for this trip, I hadn't planned anything past arriving in Whistler. The options were bountiful - would I move to Vancouver and get a 'real' job? Perhaps travel to Africa or South America? Or maybe even come straight back to Australia, wrought with homesickness?
On a trip into Squamish one day, a random comment was made regarding how cool it would be to do a road-trip in Canada. Although it started off as a passing comment, Amanda, Luke and I started discussing the idea seriously. With the three of us in agreement over timeframes and itinerary, we looked for a fourth party to join us. Alan was an obvious choice (his car was a driving factor, literally and figuratively), and so the road-trip gang was finalised. We held two meetings to discuss itinerary and decide on various topics (i.e. how would we decide what music would get played?), and told our respective bosses the date we would be leaving Whistler.
The plan was to leave on Sunday, April 17th, driving north to 100 Mile House and then crossing over to the Rockies. We would traverse from Jasper to Banff, then cross over to Calgary. From Calgary, Alan would return to Whistler (he was staying for the summer season) whilst Amanda, Luke and I would hire a car to explore the area between Calgary and Edmonton. We would then go our separate ways on May 9th, when I would fly to LA and Amanda and Luke would fly to Europe via Toronto and Iceland.
I would then spend approx 6 weeks in the US, starting in LA for a week before flying up to San Francisco. From here, I had booked onto a 2 week tour of the national parks (i.e. Grand Canyon, Death Valley, Monument Valley) ending in Las Vegas, for a wild 4 nights. A cheap flight would then deliver me to Buffalo to experience Niagara Falls, before a few days in Boston for the Glee concert. A few more days in Washington DC, to experience some history, and then the creme de la creme, New York!! Amy would meet me here for the NKOTBSB concert (platinum tickets!!) and 5 days of fun. I was supposed to fly home after New York, but Britney has just announced her tour, so if I can get tickets to her show in Sacramento then my flight home will be delayed a few more days ....
When I first left Australia for this trip, I hadn't planned anything past arriving in Whistler. The options were bountiful - would I move to Vancouver and get a 'real' job? Perhaps travel to Africa or South America? Or maybe even come straight back to Australia, wrought with homesickness?
On a trip into Squamish one day, a random comment was made regarding how cool it would be to do a road-trip in Canada. Although it started off as a passing comment, Amanda, Luke and I started discussing the idea seriously. With the three of us in agreement over timeframes and itinerary, we looked for a fourth party to join us. Alan was an obvious choice (his car was a driving factor, literally and figuratively), and so the road-trip gang was finalised. We held two meetings to discuss itinerary and decide on various topics (i.e. how would we decide what music would get played?), and told our respective bosses the date we would be leaving Whistler.
The plan was to leave on Sunday, April 17th, driving north to 100 Mile House and then crossing over to the Rockies. We would traverse from Jasper to Banff, then cross over to Calgary. From Calgary, Alan would return to Whistler (he was staying for the summer season) whilst Amanda, Luke and I would hire a car to explore the area between Calgary and Edmonton. We would then go our separate ways on May 9th, when I would fly to LA and Amanda and Luke would fly to Europe via Toronto and Iceland.
I would then spend approx 6 weeks in the US, starting in LA for a week before flying up to San Francisco. From here, I had booked onto a 2 week tour of the national parks (i.e. Grand Canyon, Death Valley, Monument Valley) ending in Las Vegas, for a wild 4 nights. A cheap flight would then deliver me to Buffalo to experience Niagara Falls, before a few days in Boston for the Glee concert. A few more days in Washington DC, to experience some history, and then the creme de la creme, New York!! Amy would meet me here for the NKOTBSB concert (platinum tickets!!) and 5 days of fun. I was supposed to fly home after New York, but Britney has just announced her tour, so if I can get tickets to her show in Sacramento then my flight home will be delayed a few more days ....
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