the rest is still unwritten...

Well...Alberta, you got me. I arrived safe and sound on Thursday night with my dear Katie retrieving me from the airport. We had a great ride back to her house in Lethbridge (about 2 hrs away from Calgary) with lots of catching up and even a stop at Canada's busiest 7/11...where I had my first SLURPIE...not SLUSHIE.
Friday, I spent the better part of my day at Katie's parents house catching up with her family. I haven't seen them in about 6 years so it was great to catch up. We thought it would be fun to go off to the Casino and en route, I definetly had my first true Albertan moment when we hit a deer on the highway. Deer was fine...truck not so fine. But, like the troopers we are...we continued on to the casino, where I won $120. Great night.
Saturday, we travelled to Crowsnest Pass up thru mountains...very cool. We went on a tour of a coal mine...we got to wear hats with lights and Katie is 89% sure she has the black lung. Tyler decided that I needed to be even more country by taking us off roading up thru the mountains while listening to Vince Gill. F-U-N. Katie and I took a grocery shopping adventure to the great "Canadian" superstore...not Atlantic anymore and actually stopped at the Great Canadian Liquor Store. Good stuff. We decided to hit the town last night after all that shopping wearing homeade shirts that said Cheap (Katie) and Easy (me). The night's first stop was the Top Hat...also known as the strip club. It was actually a pretty happening spot....for everyone. Not just old dirty men and bachelor parties....lots of gals, lots of guys. We didn't stay very long though...then we were off to a cougar club as Katie called it. Sadly, I really liked the music at the cougar club and thought it was a happening spot...I think we went there for a joke. I did particularily enjoy the bride and groom that showed up there to grind. Then the night gets fuzzy...I remember eating a hot dog on the side of the street...I remember the cute married bartender...then it was 730 in the morning and I was spinning. Great times.
I will be off to Banff in a couple of days...getting really giddy for it but I am having a such a great time in Lethbridge, it will be a bummer to leave. I hope everyone else is doing great. I miss everyone but it's awfully liberating to be away!!!
Cheers!