Vacations are so anticlimactic. You spend all sorts of time and money to take a fantastic trip, and the end result is a bag full of wrinkled receipts and boarding passes, food wrappers that never got thrown out, wrinkled and stinky clothes, and the impending arrival of the dreaded Visa bill.
Then there’s the after-the-vacation-cold. Going from a place where the average daily temperature is right around 100°F to a place where the daily temperature may hit 70°F, and then back to the afore-mentioned 100°F place doesn’t do a body good. Well, it *feels* good at the time, but I spent most of yesterday coughing up phlegm and alternating between shivering cold and sweating hot.
As you may have guessed, I was out for a few weeks on vacation. The highlights are as follows: we flew to Seattle and rented a car, which we drove to Vancouver, Revelstoke, Calgary, Fernie, and back to Seattle. We made a few other notable stops on the way, including a visit to the plaid toaster.
Alas, here’s a few highlights to delight and amuse you.
We flew this cute little Canadair jet from Raleigh to Cincinnati on the way out. Airport security eyed me a bit cautiously as I whipped my camera around like a madman, but it was worth it. Moments like these make recollecting the trip a lot easier for me.
