Hey y'all!! I haven't been on here foreverrrrr, but for quite a good reason--I've been camping for the past 30 days-no electricity, no internet and definitely no phones or computer! No showers (washing has been limited to a small amount of water in a bucket, and washing hair under cold taps!) although, I'm pretty used to getting brain-freezes under those taps because I've been doing it since I was knee-high to a grasshopper! So camping was hectic, quite the long haul. First off, when we started out, Eugenie (my france exchange student partner from 2008) and her family came over from France and rented a motor home, and we traveled with them for the first few days. Communication was rusty and because my parents didn't speak french and her parents didn't speak english, it was up to the kids to communicate. But we ended up getting a few communication issues- for example, we were on the way to Lake Louise, we had spoken to them the night before and came to the conclusion that we would like to leave Calgary at 9:00 am, and so we'd arrive in Lake Louise at around 1pm and we'll meet them there. We ended up getting a text at 9:00 am saying that 'we're here! Where are you?" we were quite shocked as we actually hadn't left the house yet...!! but overall it was quite a nice little adventure. From Lake Louise, we went up to Jasper which is always a beautiful place to visit and after seeing 3 bears, thought it was definitely well worth the trip further up north. On the 7th of August, my brother and I returned to Calgary for a very special reason! the YANNI CONCERT!!! yippeee!! I won free tickets and they were fantastic seats! On the first balcony in the front row of the Jubilee Auditorium!! THE CONCERT WAS SPECTACULAR!! I <3 Yanni very very much! I also couldn't resist from buying myself a Yanni shirt for a memoir of the once in a lifetime event!! okay, so after long hot showers, the day after the concert, we left for Nakusp with our sailboat to meet our parents and little brother. It was a long 8 hour drive + a short 1/2 hour ferry ride, but luckily on my iPod, I have 5.4 hours of Yanni music!! And the the remaining time, we listened to random stuff. We arrived in Nakusp that evening at around 7 pm. Our days in Nakusp were eventful-full of beautiful, warm, sunny weather, sailing and swimming all day long, reading 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami(best book ever!) and The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (another fantastic book!), visiting the Japanese Gardens and Japanese Memorial Centre in New Denver, about the Japanese Internment Camps in the Second World War. Strong people, to put up with all that was done to them. Even though most of them were in fact Canadian Citizens, gives a bad outlook on citizenship, don't you think?
After those wonderful 2 weeks, we moved on to Englishman River Falls in Qualicum, Vancouver Island. We stayed there for 2 nights to await our reservation in Green Point, Pacific Rim National Park on the west coast of Vancouver Island. It was gorgeous there, and I absolutely love the sea! It was gorgeous all the sunsets--glowing orange and pink, and as soon as I get the photos I will make sure I share their beauty with you! Definitely one of the places to visit before you die.
So we stayed 7 days there, and one of those 7 days, I attended my university orientation, and moved myself (mostly) in and then I returned to Tofino and Ucluelet. And now, my family is staying in a commercial campground with both electricity and flush toilets and showers(!!), and me, I just slept my first night in residence! My room is small and cute. Last night, I felt utterly abandoned and I still haven't gotten the guts to go visit the communal kitchen to make myself a cup of tea or coffee this morning......but oh well. it'll happen sooner or later. However, I think I should have gone when I first woke up because I don't think there were very many people up which would have been a good time to go, I've heard a few people this morning since the clock hit 9 am. I haven't spoken to my bathroom buddy yet, but that'll probably happen later.
My dad just poked his head through my window, so I'll have to leave you now, because we're visiting Victoria!!!
Okay well, I hope you're having fun just like me!
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