Had a wonderful late "Cinco de Mayo" celebration last night in Banff. We attended the Rocky Mountain Wine and Food Festival at the Banff Springs Hotel. It was sold out, and I'm willing to be, maybe even oversold. There were sooo many people. What a place to people watch. I thought I seen one person I knew (as opposed to Bill and Bruce who ran into work people all night) It was a girl from junior and high school. I must have been somewhat tired, because usually I take the opportunity to meet and talk with them. By the time I thought of that, she had disappeared and I didn't run into her the rest of the evening.
Bill and I arrived at our hotel, The Rimrock around 4:30. Bill had his snooze in the "bullet" on the drive up (not a great snoozing in car) so I was ready for a little "nap" before we got going. Our friends hadn't arrived yet, so I took an early shuttle over to the Banff Springs to get our "coupons", etc. With the extra time on my hands, I wondered around some of the novelty shops in the hotel. I came across some "scarf charms." I had envisioned these before and wondered why nobody had invented them (or maybe they had, and I just wasn't shopping at the right stores) I couldn't make up my mind between two different charms, so I ended up not buying any......not, I bought both. Very inexpensive.
Finally the rest of my "party" arrived and we entered the world of "chaos". The food samplings were fantastic. But my best discovery of the evening was a beer. I am not a beer drinker at all, so when I round this "cherry" beer and its 96 calories per bottle, I gave it a shot (literally) It was delicious. Look out Rose, I will be introducing you at our next outing.
After using most of our coupons (and selling the rest), the Festival was over and we headed to downtown Banff to the Rose and Crown. That's when it dawned on me, I am getting old. Not from looking around, but realizing the "good music" was way to loud and we couldn't enjoy a conversation. After a few margaritas, we headed back to our hotel for a night cap. Actually everyone else had a night cap, I brought out my new IPad game. We played a couple of rounds in the lounge (there's a poem in there somewhere) and I seem to be the only one that had gotten my second wind. Sure, I complained, this was the first year I didn't have to be designated driver (thanks to the Banff cab companies) and everyone else was tired and ready for bed - it was only 12:30 a.m. Maybe I'm not the old one in the group.....
This morning, (Sunday) Bill got up at 6:00 am and went for his morning run. We met up with our friends in the restaurant for a buffet breakfast and then headed home. Bill wanted to walk up Tunnel mountain, and although I did have flat shoes on, they were not walking shoes so I declined.
When we got home, the son and his buddy were just cleaning up from their gathering the night before. I was just glad the house was still standing and the golf course hadn't burnt down. I put a few things away, and settled in for a short nap (4 hours later).
Life is good and really, when you don't have to talk, music sounds really good when it's loud.
Stacey
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