ok. bubba is back from the abyss. i still haven't caught up on my mac house blog reading. maybe tomorrow morning. still working on the CDs. it wasn't helped by having lost my summertime mix. i'm still in the process of downloading all the songs that need to go on it. thank goodness i had them written down. blah blah blah. enough excuses.

banff was amazing. amazing and cold. it got down to about 35 most of the nights we were there. muy cold. and we didn't see any bears.

but we did hike to this amazing undeveloped lake that was about 5 miles from the highway that runs north of lake louise. and about halfway along the trail (which was otherwise very low-impact) we come across a 35 foot wide, glacier fed river. so we took off our shoes and slowly waded across. the lake was worth it. my god. no development. far enough from the highway that you couldn't hear anything remotely unnatural. just mountains. and a lake so mint green it looked fake. and mountains and glaciers and trees. and sex. HA.

oh. geek squad event...we visited what the canuckians call the "triple crown." it's the triple continental divide. rivers flow from it (it being the columbia icefield) into the pacific, atlantic, and arctic oceans. amazing. there was a pretty cool crow there.

after banff came seattle. which was great. it was awesome to hang out with my friend brandon and his family. but his sister's car got robbed when we were in a supercool bar. so that was kinda lame.

now i'm back in spokane, relaxing and trying to get my shit together enough to head to the east coast.

i'm arriving in dc on the 15th. i think i'll head up to new york thursday or friday. probably friday, because of the coolest geek squad thing EVER...

joe figini's company is doing something for the library of congress. so he's convinced some mucky muck there to take me on a tour of the stacks. how excited am i? oh so excited. so very excited.

ok. dinner time. i need a shower. that will come after dinner.

love you all.
bubs.