Radisson Calgary Airport Hotel

OMG So as always anything to do with music gets me totally excited!! Warped tour was amazing like it is for me every year I go!! Because of being up late having a few drinks the night before haha I woke up late and missed two bands I wanted to see... I was kinda bummed about that! The day was pretty hot and I was soooo dehydrated and was in such a hurry to get into the show I left my money in the car damnit!! I ...

... ever wanted from this world,<br>Is to let me be me.<br>Please, would you one time,<br>Let me be myself so I can shine,<br>With my own light,<br>Let me be myself.<br><br>Please, would you one time,<br>Let me be myself so I can shine,<br>With my own light,<br>And let me be myself for awhile,<br>If you don't mind,<br>Let me be myself so I can shine,<br>With my own light,<br>And let me be myself,<br>Would you one time,<br>Oooh, let me be myself,<br>Let me be me

... or was). The two cities are fairly similar in size, but Calgary is a lot less dense than Brisbane. Finally, snow is fun, but only when there's lots of it. If there's only enough to make the sidewalk icey underfoot, it's not really much fun at all. Not particularly deep insights, I know, but you're going to have to take what you can get... After coming down the tower (63 seconds to descend 192m... a rather slow elevator, I think), I caught up with Jemma again, and we headed north ...

... anything else. Jokingly I answer, "A new bike!" So Alexis and I head upstairs to look at motorcycles. I see this beautiful 2005 BMW R1200GS bike, and it's yellow (bonus). Skip back to the end of story #1. Then the idea comes to me that maybe the reason I got my motorcycle license last year was to see Europe that way. It would definitely be better than by train, bus, car or hitch-hiking (OK. I wouldn't be doing it that way). I do some research and find out ...

... one which concentrated on the local population, one on the people that had an influence on this history of Calgary, a West African exhibit &amp; others. Besides being very historical, what made the museum tick was all the artifacts, re-creations, and the personal stories. I must say that these museums of Calgary have been first class - the best I have seen outside of Washington DC. The bad news was that we did not have time to see everything before it ...

... on this stuff. We all have our priorities. Besides, if I would have been a woman in my 40's he wouldn't have questioned that. Double standards. I pay what I owe. He didn't give me an exemption on the truck repairs though I know from my research that I qualified (GST is what I've worked with for over 15 years). I didn't feel like arguing for $100 in taxes. Back on the road and I'm in Canada. I started feeling anxious, a feeling I haven't had for a while. I ...

Today I drove back to Calgary from Golden. The first part of the journey again took me through Field NP, where I revisited Emerald Lake, which was much quieter and clear of snow this time. I then drove back past Banff, and as it was still early afternoon took a new detour along the Kananaskis road ...

... energy. It was sooo much fun! We were like little kids - I think we had more fun than half the kids there! We joined a couple of them in trying to whisper through a satellite dish to someone on the other side of the room with a second satellite dish! They were teaching us how it worked!!! We could have spent hours in that museum - it really was fun! After that we found Wal-Mart, the American and Canadian version of Asda. We bought ourselves an ipod ...

... the time in Lima but we are pretty sure that the hike to Machu Picchu should go ahead as scheduled. We will be sure to post when arriving in Lima and will be able to give you an update on the situation there. Al says "the adventure continues, maybe we will get a stint as relief workers". Thanks again for all the well wishes, we will soon be on our way.

... on me that I could no longer find who I used to be, but I could still search for the next evolution of myself. So even when I was stuck in a wasteland (Naples comes to mind), or stuck talking with some obnoxious person in a hostel bar, there was still a sense of adventure and excitement ... I always managed to discover things about myself in the most unlikely of places. Perhaps reading a book and coming across a passage that felt like it was written solely for me ... or ...