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Dill-hole drivers, painful bike seats, funky tasting Margartias, and lots of moo-cows. Long weekend adventures are always fun. But- they are also expensive. Let's calculate.Alistair was in dire need of a half tank of gas at the local Shell station: $18.00 (plus two bottles of water to make it over $20 so I could get an Airmile. Oh- and the $5 for the non-winning lottery ticket I was sold) Stopped for some tasty beef jerky in Longview: I didn't pay for it- but the pressure applied to my brakes to stop at the last minute to get some of this goodness- that will put a dent in the wallet for sure soon... Seeing the Civic dude speed past me: Priceless as he got pulled over. Ha ha. Sucker. After pulling into Fernie, we were a little hungry: Boston Pizza goodness- didn't pay for it again, but reaped the rewards from triple Airmiles! Although, endured a painful drink of grapefruit juice and Malibu rum. Um yah- can you said "Mistake?" Walked aimlessly around Fernie to walk off dinner: Power in the valley goes out, stub my toe numerous times on the curbs. The cost of the pain was astronomical. That continued for oh- about an hour and a half. Next day adventures cost me more: bike rental was free, helmet rental was free. After trying to make it up the hill that Andrel said was "an easy ride", I felt old and lethargic. Note to self: exercise more often. Went shopping downtown after painful bike riding: Didn't buy anything- well, except for that one thing. Mmmmm chocolate goodness. Imagine this- a waffle cone wrapped tightly, dipped in chocolate and filled with caramel. Um- yum!?! Dinner at a Fernie Mexican restaurant: Rrrrrrrrright. It was good actually. Cheap... well... pretty much. Bought a margarita I didn't drink: $6.95. Ouch. After stumbling back to out host's house, we decided to venture out and get a movie: Didn't pay for the rental, or the licorice, or the buttery popcorn goodness for that matter. So I guess I was just riding the coat-tails of that one. Next day woke up to the horrible sound of some churchy singers singing in the park: It's early- why must people sing at that time in the morning? Ok. So it was 10 a.m. but still... Mosied over to Farmers Market. One word: Ban Hippies! Oh- that was two... Stinking "pechoolie oil" and hemp everywhere... bah! Went to Jamochas for a drink and half a cookie: customer service is obviously not a priority in the little mountain town. I didn't pay for either of these, but felt the cold wrath of the cashier. Brrrrrr.... Decided to go to Timmy's for an ice cap and take off from Fernie: ended up buying a bottle of water, chocolate ice cap and a peanut butter cookie. $6 and change. It was good... mmmm peanut butter cookies... Drove through Cranhole to Kimberley and checked out the sites: almost got run over by a large SUV and almost ran into a camper who obviously didn't know the rules of the road - "Do NOT turn around in the turnoff lane- that lane is for merging- not turning your camper around". Stupid drivers Went to the husky station for fresh fruit: Not so fresh fruit actually, lots of mould on fruits. Ew. Bought a pint of blackberries for dad, bag of chips for me, and some dried apricot for the ride home- spent about $8. Bought gas in Kimberley at the Shell station: in order to make it $20 for the Airmiles- bought a drink. Stopped over in Radium for a bathroom break: bought a slurpee and licorice (I don't remember if I paid for that) Hit the BC/AB provincial border and automatically freeze: Hm. A/C off. Heat gets turned on. Make it home with minor dents and bruises from the weekend: I think Alistair endured most of the pain- he had bug guts all over him. And the occasional rock chip on the windshield. Total price for the weekend: I lost count. Meh. All in all, great weekend. Too bad long weekends don't actually feel that long. Maybe next long weekend I'll run away to Mexico. Weeeeeee!!!!! Posted by Bella at 10:49 AM# 0 Comments:
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