Love at First Raft
July 17, 2018
I want to start by stating how incredibly lucky I feel to have traveled to so many amazing places this summer - Western Canada, Spain, Italy, France - with still a few to come! To say I'm overwhelmed by the number of share-worthy pictures and videos I have would be an understatement, so I'm going to try to fit the rest of our Canada stories into two posts. I also have a fun announcement to share at the end of this post so keep scrolling! Last, but CERTAINLY not least, I put together a video of our entire Canada trip that you can view here. So do that, then come back here. Or read this then go watch the video. Either way, love you all and thanks for stopping by!
On our first day in Canmore, we woke up bright and early
in our little Airbnb to head to Bow River for white water rafting! The
rain was coming down in buckets, but luckily that was the only bad weather we
got all trip…and we were going to get soaked in the boat anyway, so it all
worked out! 
We chose to take the trip with a company called Chinook Rafting
because it was closest to Canmore, got great reviews, and provides the cutest rafting outfits (as modeled above). 10/10 would recommend
them to anyone staying in the area. The guides were super informative and entertaining.
After a short bus ride to the water, we got in our
boat with a bachelor party from Calgary, so Taylor and I were referred to as
the “D.C. Couple” throughout the trip.
After we (semi) dried off and took this wonderful photograph
with our bachelor party pals, we headed to Peyto Lake.
This was by far the most picturesque spot I’ve ever been and
I think Taylor can say the same.
Just a short walk from the parking lot is this incredible
lookout spot where we stayed to soak in the beauty for about an hour or so.
At one point, we heard a woman scream “AHHH! What is THAT?!” at the
top of her lungs. I thought she had maybe stepped on a snake or found a dead animal but NO, turns out her bf was actually proposing and that was her
reaction...lol ok? But still cute bc that backdrop! That's them by the edge of the lake in the picture above.
#lakesideyoga #yogilife #treepose #girlgetoutside
We took some time to explore downtown Banff that night and
had dinner at this very yummy place called Indian Curry House. The drink I'm holding in the pic is their amazing dirty mango lassi (basically a mango smoothie with rum in it...everyone needs to try one of these gems). Then we saw
Incredibles 2 bc why not?! And it was so silly and cute. Even though Banff was nice, we actually liked downtown
Canmore much more because it's more intimate (less-touristy) and has the
perfect riverside park to hammock-chill in.
We're both so excited to be moving to Charleston, but before I do, I'll be spending a month in Oahu, Hawaii working at Waihuena Farm :) This past winter I began to crave a big change in my career. I've been working for a worldwide company doing software development and consulting for two years now. However, through some involvement with small, local D.C. food businesses, I've realized my true passions and talents lie in working closely with the vibrant, optimistic personalities of local entrepreneurs - specifically food producers. I figured I needed to learn more about the production and distribution of food, so what better place to do that than at a small-scale organic farm in Hawaii?! From what I've heard and read, Hawaii is ahead of the curve in terms of sustainable growing and living, so I hope to soak up all of the world-saving/food-growing/community-making knowledge that I can while I'm there and then bring it back to Charleston with me. Wish me luck! Until next time...♡
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