O Canada...Viva Las Vegas...Y Hablo Espanol, Eh?

Oh Canada,

For spacious skies…From Yukon to Alberta…I drove through there, it was really nice…but nothing’s like being back in USAAAA!

I guess that’s not really how the song goes. Anybody out there have the real words? To either song? No? Oh well. Go Canada. And Sasquatch.

Western Canada going south was more interesting than going north. Basically, as I was leaving Alaska, I made a completely impulse decision to drive the Top of the World Highway, which took me to Dawson City, as you probably already know from the last post.

I actually ended up spending the night of my birthday in Whitehorse, where I treated myself to a dinner, movie, and a hotel room. I really know how to treat a guy.

I saw the new Pirates movie. Anyone care to explain what the hell was going on in the movie to me? I’d appreciate it. Still enjoyed it though.

The word of the day/week is: driving. It is a noun formed from the verb “to drive.” I forget the term for such a thing. Gerund, maybe? This past week has taken me from Anchorage, AK to Las Vegas, NV, over 2500 miles and 10 Red Bulls. I have been truckin’ to say the least. (pun intended).

The countries I have seen have surprised me and bored me both. Yukon Territory was nothing like I expected it to be, and I loved it. It is all rolling foothills and gold-mining towns with some of the nicest people in the world. I think they were nice because they don’t often get to see other people, so when they do, they are very cordial so as not to scare them off.

Well I wasn’t scared off, but I did have to run off. Or down rather, to Montana and Glacier National Park. Glacier is absolutely amazing. If you have the means, I highly recommend it. I was able to hike through snow, swim in a glacial lake, and lay out on a pebble beach all in the span of 4 hours. Oh, and it is much better than Jasper and Banff National Parks in Canada, which I passed through. It’s probably the whole freedom thing. Go America.

In Montana I received word that a surprise guest would be flying into Las Vegas to meet me for a few days. No word on who yet; I don’t even know. That’s a lie. I’m not going to tell you who it is though so you’ll tune in next time.

As a finale, I would like to say how excited I am for next year’s basketball season. I’ve been reading the totally biased reports on the Tar Heels, and they make me giddy. On top of that, I’ll be living next to UCLA, which should be good next year, so it’ll be a good basketball environment. And I’ll get to taunt them. Roy is so good that we’ll have 20 titles by 2010. So those UCLA kids will have nothing on Jeff and me.