Just got home from a trip to see the youngest Snell child. Cooper Snell is doing an internship this summer in Calgary, Alberta with EMI. He’s doing really well. I’m so glad he had the chance to have this experience.
Kathy Snell took this as an opportunity for us to take a vacation in Canada and see the Banff National forest.
I’m a terrible tourist. I’m not sure if my childhood or my work caused this - my family stopped doing vacations when I was probably 5 or 6 for financial reasons. I started them up again with Kathy’s family in my early 20s. My children grew up with pretty regular vacations. We still try and pull off a once a year full family vacation but it’s much trickier now. It will only get harder in the future.
Once your children become adults they start their own families. Those families take priority over parents and siblings - as they should.
Either way - I’m still a terrible tourist.
I have a hard time turning off work - some of that is intentional but I’ve been self employed since I was 17 so it never really goes away.
I get just enough travel with work and hunting that I’m never want to leave Starkville the rest of the year.
The trips I do enjoy are visiting the adult Snell children that are spread throughout the South.
But I’m a terrible tourist.
I have a hard time getting relaxed on a short trip and I don’t do real well with crowds. I do enjoy seeing some of the sights but in the grand scheme of things, it’s really not what I want to do. I also hate to go to restaurants. I’m just fine staying at the air b n b and eating in.
Kathy Snell disagrees so I get to go to restaurants.
All that said, Alberta and the Rocky Mountains did not disappoint. I’m not really a mountains guy but my experience has been limited to the Smokies and seeing the edges of the Rockies in eastern Montana and parts of Wyoming, Arizona and Colorado.
I’ve never spent actual time in the mountains. It’s a sight to see.
I was disappointed in how long it took me to acclimate to the altitude (I’m not really sure I ever did) but keep in mind that I spend the the majority of my time at 300 feet above sea level.
Hiking at 6000 feet is noticeable. I am afraid I would need some time to go higher than that and actually do any kind of physical activity. I work out a good bit but I’m not sure I can add anything to improve dealing with the altitude. I’ll need to look into that.
The weather was amazing. Wearing a jacket in July is a nice change. Lows in the 40s and highs in the 60s was a nice break from what we currently have back home. Getting off the plane will be like getting punched in the face.
This was the furthest North and West I have been so far - The amount of sunlight and the length of the days was an adjustment. It was almost 17 hours of sunshine a day.
I’m used to waking up before sunrise and being up a bit after sunset. That really didn’t happen the entire trip. I expect the short days up here in the winter could be rough.
This was my first time spending the 4th of July out of the country. I found it odd but I did get to see Canada Day so that was a good experience. It definitely gave me a bit of perspective on how other places celebrate their independence.
One thing that I do like about a vacation is that I get just far enough away from my routine that I can feel the importance of my routine.
I’m ready to return to the grind.
It will be good to return to my normal eating routine too. I might have gone a bit overboard. It’s ok though - My favorite part about vacations in Canada is that caloric exchange rate.
A Canadian calorie is only like 73% of a U.S. calorie, right?
Steve Snell
Canmore - Banff
Just got home from a trip to see the youngest Snell child. Cooper Snell is doing an internship this summer in Calgary, Alberta with EMI. He’s doing really well. I’m so glad he had the chance to have this experience.
Kathy Snell took this as an opportunity for us to take a vacation in Canada and see the Banff National forest.
I’m a terrible tourist. I’m not sure if my childhood or my work caused this - my family stopped doing vacations when I was probably 5 or 6 for financial reasons. I started them up again with Kathy’s family in my early 20s. My children grew up with pretty regular vacations. We still try and pull off a once a year full family vacation but it’s much trickier now. It will only get harder in the future.
Once your children become adults they start their own families. Those families take priority over parents and siblings - as they should.
Either way - I’m still a terrible tourist.
I have a hard time turning off work - some of that is intentional but I’ve been self employed since I was 17 so it never really goes away.
I get just enough travel with work and hunting that I’m never want to leave Starkville the rest of the year.
The trips I do enjoy are visiting the adult Snell children that are spread throughout the South.
But I’m a terrible tourist.
I have a hard time getting relaxed on a short trip and I don’t do real well with crowds. I do enjoy seeing some of the sights but in the grand scheme of things, it’s really not what I want to do. I also hate to go to restaurants. I’m just fine staying at the air b n b and eating in.
Kathy Snell disagrees so I get to go to restaurants.
All that said, Alberta and the Rocky Mountains did not disappoint. I’m not really a mountains guy but my experience has been limited to the Smokies and seeing the edges of the Rockies in eastern Montana and parts of Wyoming, Arizona and Colorado.
I’ve never spent actual time in the mountains. It’s a sight to see.
I was disappointed in how long it took me to acclimate to the altitude (I’m not really sure I ever did) but keep in mind that I spend the the majority of my time at 300 feet above sea level.
Hiking at 6000 feet is noticeable. I am afraid I would need some time to go higher than that and actually do any kind of physical activity. I work out a good bit but I’m not sure I can add anything to improve dealing with the altitude. I’ll need to look into that.
The weather was amazing. Wearing a jacket in July is a nice change. Lows in the 40s and highs in the 60s was a nice break from what we currently have back home. Getting off the plane will be like getting punched in the face.
This was the furthest North and West I have been so far - The amount of sunlight and the length of the days was an adjustment. It was almost 17 hours of sunshine a day.
I’m used to waking up before sunrise and being up a bit after sunset. That really didn’t happen the entire trip. I expect the short days up here in the winter could be rough.
This was my first time spending the 4th of July out of the country. I found it odd but I did get to see Canada Day so that was a good experience. It definitely gave me a bit of perspective on how other places celebrate their independence.
One thing that I do like about a vacation is that I get just far enough away from my routine that I can feel the importance of my routine.
I’m ready to return to the grind.
It will be good to return to my normal eating routine too. I might have gone a bit overboard. It’s ok though - My favorite part about vacations in Canada is that caloric exchange rate.
A Canadian calorie is only like 73% of a U.S. calorie, right?
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