Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Calgary, Glacier, Helena, Yellowstone, Buffalo....*breath*....

Holy smokes, we've been covering the map.

Calgary: Awesome. We stayed with the coolest people EVER via Couchsurfing...they greeted us with a bottle of wine & a backyard fire, and it continued with Stampede parades, excessive Frisbee, the discovery of a few new delicious shit beers, scrumptious fruit trays, Tim Horton's, and far too many vodka shots from a fashionable Latvian. Jillian, Allison & Danny, you all rock and we'll see you in AZ.

The Stampede itself was crazy (apparently we shared our presence there with Duke & Duchess William and Kate), and no one was gauged. Fun fact: a very high percentage of bull riders now wear helmets.

All-in-all, very cool city, really awesome people, and far less mosquitoes. Cheers to you, Calgary.








Glacier: From Calgary, we hit Glacier National Park for one night. Although the supposedly "most beautiful stretch of road in the world" (Going-to-the-Sun Road) was closed a few miles in, the rest of the park was still breathtaking. We got a surprise guitar serenade from an adorable park ranger, had a herd of deer walk through our campsite, and almost took a bear cub home.












Helena & Yellowstone: Much like Bisbee, but bigger and not as dirty...also: excessive amounts of ice cream. We stayed with a really sweet couple through Couchsurfing that gave us lots of help planning out Yellowstone. Unfortunately, the northwestern corner of Wyoming was experiencing a minor hurricane today, so instead of camping there we are currently drying in Buffalo, Wyoming. The park was, however, totally awesome, and tomorrow we're headed to Devil's Tower & Mt. Rushmore. For your viewing pleasure:


















1 comment:

  1. How fun! We are sure enjoying all the pics! The kids want to know if the bear in the pic is a black bear or a grizzly bear......

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