Adventures in British Columbia

Last week, I finally (finally!) got to visit a super fun town in Canada. I mean, as thrilling as the suburbs outside of Toronto and Calgary were, this place gave me a whole new view of our neighbors up north. I flew into Calgary (nothing new, nothing new) and then drove five and a half hours across two national parks, up through two mountain passes. It was pretty spectacular. While most of the pics I took were while driving (safety first, folks….I know, I know), those mountains were still breathtaking. The weather wasn’t too bad—I mean, it went from a chilly (and snowy) 1 degree when I landed to a balmy 12 degrees Celsius throughout the duration of the drive, and it was downright warm(ish) when I finally arrived at my destination of Revelstoke, BC. Since I had shown up to this party in jeans, a long-sleeved tee and flip-flops, I was thankful the snow that was flurrying throughout Calgary had not followed me into the mountains.

 

Are you ready for a TON of magnificent mountain pics? Here…we…go!

{Heading into Banff National Park.}



 

 

{This was the view from the restaurant at the base of the slopes.}

{The view from outside the hotel.}

Revelstoke was darling. It was nestled in between mountains and was a charming ski resort town of about 7,000 people. My pharmacy owner and his staff were so kind and so enthusiastic, and the owner and his wife even took me to dinner on the first night I was there. We went to the resort restaurant at the base of the mountain, and the views over dinner were spectacular. In other food news (you know that’s what I live for), I found a delish French café, aptly named Baguette, to eat lunch at each day and listen to the hipstery-hippies talk about their snow stories (the season had just ended). This little town reminded me a lot of Breckenridge—a super cute downtown area, unique (and appetizing—no fast food or Applebee’s on this trip, thank the LORD) restaurants, and friendly faces. This is one work destination that I would definitely go back to!

{Heading back to Calgary, I saw this fog just hovering over the peaks...it was so pretty....but...}

{The closer I got...}

{I realized it was a SNOWSTORM! Oh Canada...you love to throw your weather curveballs.}