Hi again!
Well, I'm currently in Fox Creek... back in Alberta.
Since my last post, I've stayed in Vernon and Vancouver in BC and one night in Jasper, AB.
While I was still in Kananaskis, I met up with my friend Meagan and had dinner in her hometown, Canmore. She also took me on a little tour of the town after - very pretty.
The next day I packed up and left there to head to Vernon. On the way I stopped in Banff to get lunch with Meagan though (she works there), and had hoped to get some really nice pictures buuut of course it was rainy, and clouds were covering most of the mountains. Quite disappointing. Luckily we had such a delicious lunch - it lightened my mood.
The drive to Vernon was pretty interesting.. first passing through the rockies, then driving on a mountain cliffside in a thunderstorm, then getting into the lowlands where it was actually warm and sunny - quite a big deal given that rain seems to follow me everywhereee I go. I also saw a helicopter service that ran rides for just $50 in the smaller mountains which I really wanted to do but the weather was still really damp and cloudy so I didn't bother.
A coworker was staying in Vernon too, so we saw a movie - Bad Teacher (which I was expecting to be just horrible and was quite surprised to find was alright). Other than that.. didn't do too much in Vernon besides gawk at llamas and hang out in my hotel room. (the weather wasn't ideal most of the time)
After Vernon, I headed to Vancouver! On the way I stopped in Kelowna to visit a friend, Tessie, who's living out there right now. I have to say, Kelowna is beautiful! It was the nicest day I had seen yet this trip, the beach was very nice, there were mountains to hike, gorgeous views... wine tours (was wishing I could have done that haha). Shame I couldn't have stayed longer.
In Vancouver, I stayed with at my brother's place which was so nice. I got to see my pregnant sister-in-law and feel my nephew kicking! All very exciting! I also was very brave with exploring different foods (for me).. I had squid twice, tried new types of fish, annnnd tried my first oyster! It was at the really cool restaurant under a bridge on the water in Granville island really close to their apartment. The view was pretty sweet. I had shopped around a bit in Granville the day before and bought my nephew his first stuffed friend :D Also saw my cousins, aunt and uncle while in Van, which was nice.
The morning I left Vancouver, I was on the road by about 9:45... had to go pick up my equipment, stop by and say hi/bye to my aunt and was on my way. I arrived in Jasper at 1:00 a.m. Clearly a loooong day in the car haha. There was a mudslide on the highway near Chilliwack, about an hour outside of Vancouver. The highway was closed, and I spent hours in park with the car turned off sitting in a mass of traffic that didn't budge... added about 4 hrs on to my drive. Thank goodness for the Harry Potter audiobooks haha.
I was greeted in Jasper by a friend, Kirsten who let me stay in her residence with her - she's working at the Fairmont there. The next day we met up at her lunchbreak, and also met up with my housemate's sister Katie who's also working there. Katie was done for the day so we went and did a short little exploration of Jasper buuuut of course the weather wasn't the nicest so I couldn't see the mountains too well. I DID see some wildlife up close and crossing a river... I thinkkk they were male elk?
After that, I headed out for Fox Creek which is where I am for the next few days. I believe the town has some Canada Day celebrations in a park.. might go see if they adopt me into the festivities tomorrow haha.

CURRENTLY
Odometer Reading: 29,900 ish
Hotel Number: 13 (including fam/friends stays)
Harry Potter AudioBooks Completed: 4
Animals Seen: deer, rabbit, fox, beaver, groundhog, pairie dog, gopher, llama, elk, mountain goat, MOOSE!
Big Things Visited: Nickel, Baseball, Canada Goose, Winnie the Pooh, Golf Ball, Lima Bean, TeePee, Bridge, Cornstalk, Sausage.

Forgot to mention.. finally saw my first moose of the trip! I spotted her when I was driving down Fortress Mountain... she was hurrying back into the forest though because she heard the car, so I couldn't snap a pic unfortunately. Also saw what I'm fairly certain were fresh cougar paw prints in some mud at the mountain peak.. I was mildly worried that I might be attacked while up there haha

That's about it for now!
Happy Canada day tomorrow!
Erin