Alberta and British Columbia, including Banff and Jasper National Parks

My time in Calgary was not my favorite. As I started with in my "Couchsurfing Fail" blog, it wasn't off to a good start, and I really did do or see much while I was there. I spent a lot of time in two different libraries, yet somehow I did end up there for three nights.

I am just not a big city person. No duh. I'll probably do a full post about this and some of the thoughts and realizations around it, but yeah. I get overwhelmed and overall I just don't like them.

I did, however, meet up with some people who use the Couchsurfing app and watched a bit of the meteor shower -- but strangely none of them surf or host, and I ended up sleeping in my car all three nights I was there. But I did discover that truck stop sleeping is a solid option, and not that bad, especially if I block out the windows. So that was a little bit eye-opening.

Banff and Jasper were nice, as was the drive in and out. Too much hurrying to get here or there in Canada, though, and everything is spaced out so far.

Thankfully I did find a Couchsurf in Kamloops, BC (not without confusing there, too, though), and another in Vancouver. So overall that wasn't so bad.

I dunno. Here are a bunch of pictures! More thoughts in some more specific posts I think.

Big Rock Glacial Erratic

Canmore, AB, Canada

Banff and Jasper National Parks

Assorted Photos From Alberta and British Columbia