Travel advice wanted

[erilyn]

Best. conversation. ever.

My sister and parents are watching "Mounty on the Bounty". It's the beginning of the ep, with the conversation about jumping into the water, the quality of the water will probably kill you etc. I asked my sister if she knew what they're referencing there (it's not like I know "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid really well or expected her to, but it's one of those quotes, plus it was used prominently in a West Wing ep *g*).

My mum's answer? "Starsky and Hutch". Hey, at least she picked it as a legendarily slashy pair :)

Does anyone have any thoughts/recommendations on good tours to do through some of the National Parks in western USA and Canada? I'd be travelling by myself, so a tour would seem like the best/only option. I'd want to actually do stuff, though I'm not a huge hiker or camper, but more than just 'get driven to a spot to get out and take picture then back on the bus'. I really liked the look of some of Trek Americas tours, in itinerary, size and attitude, but honestly, I don't know how I'd go with the camping for a couple of weeks. Tour groups where getting blotto every night, screwing as many people as possible and sleeping through the scenery really aren't me, I'm travelling to actually see and remember places *g*. I'm looking at about 12-18 days in June/July. I really appreciate any suggestions anyone has, thanks.

Did an exam today, that's the end of the current accounting subject, and was worth 50%. It seemed fairly straightforward, nothing we hadn't done before, so here's hoping I didn't do anything monumentally stupid.

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[trumpeterofdoom.livejournal.com]

A bit late, but I'm sending you good exam vibes. *sends*

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Thanks, good exam vibes are always needed :)

I don't have tour suggestions

[sherrold.livejournal.com]

but I have location suggestions, if that helps -- You can't go wrong at Banff National Park (Alberta, Canada), or Glacier National Park (Montana, USA/Alberta, Canada); they're both huge, and unbelievably gorgeous. I'd look for tours that cover one or the other.

Good luck!

Re: I don't have tour suggestions

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :) Any suggestions are good, and I would like to see Banff in the summer (I went skiing there in 2000).

[plastiqueallure.livejournal.com]

I used to love Starsky and Hutch. There should be some kind of documentary: Slash Through the Ages.

Accounting, as in accounting class? I just had an accounting exam. Not the last one, though, he's promised 2 more and then a final.

I friended you, btw, and I'm d/l'ing some of your recent BSB postings. Thanks for putting them up.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

I'm doing an accounting course at the moment, I've only just started it, so accounting 1 mostly covered the fundamentals of accounting, particularly manual accounting (not that we'll ever have to use it *g*).

The more the merrier around here, enjoy the files :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/chastin_/]

White-water rafting would be my rec - they do tour groups on the Green and Colorado rivers (assuming that we have water this summer, though the snowpack is supposed to be above normal). I know they do various packages, from a day to multiple days with camping. It's fun and you get to see stuff that is truly off the beaten track.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

That's not something that I'd thought of, I'll definitely have to look into it, thanks :)