5 vii 06: Wednesday: Bow Lake Trail
At this point in my travels, I was caught between wanting to carry out as much of my original tour plan as possible and spending as much time as possible with A---. What I didn't fully consider was just how much time A--- might wish to spend with me. I guess that's all part of infatuation. Even the slightest availability seems to be an open invitation to a lifetime together! Ah, looking back on this a year later, it seems, well, comical. On the 5th of July, 2006, I was less able to place matters in a broader context.
At this point I had for several days been keeping two journals -- one, my pocket journal with daily notes, and another, a larger journal not so easily managed while walking and so kept in my large backpack, in which I recorded more lengthy reflections upon my situation, sometimes in the form of letters to A--- or to my wife.
The rapid unfolding and changing of plans is reflected in the following notations in my pocket journal:
WEDNESDAY 5TH VII 06
Horseback riding [struck through] or
canoeing [struck through]
Bowlake walk [underlined: this was what I actually did]
THURSDAY 6TH VII 06
Hike on Mt Rundle
Sulfur Mountain Gondola [struck through]
& walk on mountain [struck through]
HOT SPRINGS [struck through]
FRIDAY 7TH VII 06
LONG DAY HIKE
SATURDAY 8TH
canoeing or
Horseback riding [neither struck through, but neither done: this was our second attempt on Rundle]
SUNDAY 9TH
PREP FOR RETURN
MONDAY 10TH [followed by the time notation, written later in a darker graphite:] 8: am
MOOSE TOUR OUT TO REVELSTOKE
TUESDAY 11TH
MOOSE TOUR OUT TO KELOWNA
WEDNESDAY 12TH
RETURN TO VANCOUVER
with Mackay-COLES
THURSDAY 13TH
FLIGHT OUT
FRIDAY 14TH HOME
[Annette Barrie's e-mail address, in her hand, and her mailing address, in mine]
Amusing UK Shows
The Fast Show
Harry M. Field & Chums
Little Britain
The Office (UK)
Two Pints of Lager & A Packet of Crisps (HMV)
Phoenix Nights (or Peter K.)
Alan partridge
Billy Connolly
In League of Gentlemen dark twisted humour
yy cwdoll
DELHAUSIE Scotch whiskey
[Delwyn Savage's e-mail address in her hand]
BOW RIVER & SWIFT RIVER with A---
6 VII 06 MORNING
Tom Isherwood -- manchester geography & geology [his e-mail in his own hand]
hardtail bikes (style of mt bike[)]
back to Banff Underground [internet cafe] downloads & e-mail
Borrowed $20 from A---
Matthew [from the UK] studied at U of Va
Montreal a hostel in M recommended by A---
free internet breakfast laundry $22.00
[Stephen Halstead's e-mail address in his own hand]
Stephen back from Calgary ate dinner c him; after A--- and I had each a beer at the HI pub. $4.00 + 25 c tip [okay, okay, so that's a lousy tip, so sue me already]
[Kasper Fundahl's (i.e. the "Caspar" of "Caspar and Pernilla" fame) e-mail -- actually his wife's; in his hand]
Other than the notation "Bow River & Swift River with A--- / 6 VII 06 Morning" there is little here to suggest the activity of the day: apparently much of it was spent talking about television shows and talking about or consuming alcohol. Actually, I think that may be more accurate than not. However, I did take an extended (but very fast) walk -- almost a jog -- along the Bow and Swift Rivers at the base of Mt Rundle.
At this point I had for several days been keeping two journals -- one, my pocket journal with daily notes, and another, a larger journal not so easily managed while walking and so kept in my large backpack, in which I recorded more lengthy reflections upon my situation, sometimes in the form of letters to A--- or to my wife.
The rapid unfolding and changing of plans is reflected in the following notations in my pocket journal:
WEDNESDAY 5TH VII 06
Horseback riding [struck through] or
canoeing [struck through]
Bowlake walk [underlined: this was what I actually did]
THURSDAY 6TH VII 06
Hike on Mt Rundle
Sulfur Mountain Gondola [struck through]
& walk on mountain [struck through]
HOT SPRINGS [struck through]
FRIDAY 7TH VII 06
LONG DAY HIKE
SATURDAY 8TH
canoeing or
Horseback riding [neither struck through, but neither done: this was our second attempt on Rundle]
SUNDAY 9TH
PREP FOR RETURN
MONDAY 10TH [followed by the time notation, written later in a darker graphite:] 8: am
MOOSE TOUR OUT TO REVELSTOKE
TUESDAY 11TH
MOOSE TOUR OUT TO KELOWNA
WEDNESDAY 12TH
RETURN TO VANCOUVER
with Mackay-COLES
THURSDAY 13TH
FLIGHT OUT
FRIDAY 14TH HOME
[Annette Barrie's e-mail address, in her hand, and her mailing address, in mine]
Amusing UK Shows
The Fast Show
Harry M. Field & Chums
Little Britain
The Office (UK)
Two Pints of Lager & A Packet of Crisps (HMV)
Phoenix Nights (or Peter K.)
Alan partridge
Billy Connolly
In League of Gentlemen dark twisted humour
yy cwdoll
DELHAUSIE Scotch whiskey
[Delwyn Savage's e-mail address in her hand]
BOW RIVER & SWIFT RIVER with A---
6 VII 06 MORNING
Tom Isherwood -- manchester geography & geology [his e-mail in his own hand]
hardtail bikes (style of mt bike[)]
back to Banff Underground [internet cafe] downloads & e-mail
Borrowed $20 from A---
Matthew [from the UK] studied at U of Va
Montreal a hostel in M recommended by A---
free internet breakfast laundry $22.00
[Stephen Halstead's e-mail address in his own hand]
Stephen back from Calgary ate dinner c him; after A--- and I had each a beer at the HI pub. $4.00 + 25 c tip [okay, okay, so that's a lousy tip, so sue me already]
[Kasper Fundahl's (i.e. the "Caspar" of "Caspar and Pernilla" fame) e-mail -- actually his wife's; in his hand]
Other than the notation "Bow River & Swift River with A--- / 6 VII 06 Morning" there is little here to suggest the activity of the day: apparently much of it was spent talking about television shows and talking about or consuming alcohol. Actually, I think that may be more accurate than not. However, I did take an extended (but very fast) walk -- almost a jog -- along the Bow and Swift Rivers at the base of Mt Rundle.
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