One Year Away

Penny

We were up at 4am!  You would expect us to be excited about the start of our trip but I think that we were both still exhausted and unable to stir up much enthusiasm.  But as we said ‘bye’ to my brother Frank (who we stayed with last night) it finally started to hit us.  The big day had finally arrived!

The fist stop on our journey is Calgary.  As both Joe and I have traveled very little in Canada, we thought that heading West and hitting a couple of big Canadian cities was a good idea.  Calgary is a very nice city.  Prince’s Island was beautiful and was filled with noon-hour joggers.  It seems that jogging is this city’s favorite pass-time. 

Today was also the first time that Joe and/or I stayed in a hostel.  I actually felt that I was in high school again.  I believe that we were a little older than the average age but overall I was pleasantly surprised by the accommodations which include free parking and access to a hair dryer!

After all the stress of the last week, today is a day for relaxation.  And maybe a big Alberta beef dinner!  Tomorrow we are off to Banff…