Great Vacation

Well, today is my last day of my vacation and I must say, it was a great one and there were many reasons behind that and I will go into that in a bit. I am just going to start by describing what actually happened first.

It all started from picking up a girl on the corner of MacDonald Dr. and Logy Bay Rd. and her name was Tiffany and I brought her places that she has never been before and what a time we had doing them, hehehe... So we left on Tuesday (June 20th) and headed to Grand Falls, NL. When we got there, we went to Beothuk Park and chose our campsite for the week. At first, one of the owners gave Tiffany and I the third degree because he thought we were there just to party, but turned out to be best kind after that. So we set up our tent and tarp and I got bitten by a red ant, but I was ok. After everything was set up, we went through town and got lost actually because we were following directions from that owner at the campsite which was fun. Grand Falls is definitely an old school town and when we actually found the mall and grocery store, that's when we found out, people from Grand Falls are simply weird and ignorant. We got so many looks, it's not funny and a cashier at Walmart told me get an extension cord with the box and actually told me to run, instead of actually getting someone that worked there to do a price check, what's up with that? Just say we were happy to get back to the campsite that night. We had supper and did other stuff, but went to bed quite early. I am not sure why the owner was worried about Tiffany and I, we were probably the first ones that were sleeping that night. Wednesday (June 21st) morning, make that 4:15am in the morning, I woke up and used the bathroom and could not get back to sleep. Shortly after that, Tiffany woke up and could not get back to sleep as well. So guess what?????? Tiff and I left the campsite around 5:30am in the morning and headed to Tim Hortons (Tim Hortons was definitely on the menu everyday and most days, more than once). To get out of the campsite, I had to open the gate quietly to get out, but it was all good. Yet again, poor customer service where the lady there fucked up the donuts and part of the bagel, but the coffee was GOOD!!!!! Then we were off to Gros Morne National Park. On the way through the park, I decided to keep going where he had some extra time and head to Port Au Choix and see one of my best friends Jill from Acadia University, were she is working at an archaeological site there. It wasn't the best drive ever, I had to go through very thick fog and rain to get there, but from the response from Jill was worth it where she told me she almost cried when she seen me and was excited to finally see a familiar face. Even though the stop was only short, it was a great experience. On the way back, we stopped at a site called "The Arches" where sea arches were formed. We stood in them where it was raining out and Tiffany seemed to enjoyed them and was fascinated in how they were formed. We seen our first moose of the trip just outside of Cow Head and Tiffany ran out of the car to try and take a picture of it, but it ran away, so all we got was the backside of it, but it was funny. Throughout the park, we stopped in random places and took some landscape pictures. Even though it was cloudy and raining at times, still very beautiful there. We stopped in Rocky Harbour for a late lunch and the food at the little restaurant was very tasty and the choices for food was new, no deep fried stuff, which Tiff and I liked very much and thought it was a very good idea. On the way back to the campsite, we had a quick stop in Deer Lake for Tim Horton's once again and Tiffany took over driving for two hours where I was driving all day. We drove in totally 14 hours that day and I needed a break and was very grateful for Tiffany taking over. However, she found out how easy it is to speed in that little Neon of mine. The funny thing was that we only seen the cops twice and it was during the two hours that Tiffany was driving. So when we got back, we were pretty beat and we made supper and soon after that, went to bed. Tiffany basically passed out and my stomach was hurting from all the coffee I crank, but I eventually fell asleep and got to love having a girlfriend as a nurse because even though she was tired, she was concern in how I was feeling and I love that feeling. Thursday (June 22nd), Leon (my brother) woke Tiffany and I up with a phone call stating that he was in Grand Falls. So Tiffany and I both got showers and went to town again and seen some interesting sights like the Mary March Museum and a place where you can see salmon swimming upstream underground through some glass. It was pretty neat watching the fish just swimming around and it would not be to hard to catch one, that is for sure. Leon then wanted to go to Red Indian Adventures to check on the time in which we would be white-water rafting and kayaking the next day. Got to meet the guide named Paul and he was best kind. We went back to the park and Tiffany and I rented out the new paddle boat and Leon tried out the kayak at the lake and we were out in the lake for almost two hours. My legs were tired after that where it was one person paddling boat, where the other could just sit back and relax and Tiffany's famous words of the week were "I am not doing that, I am on vacation". How can I argue to that? It was fun though and we were actually the first ones to use it, so I broke it in. Barely enough room for my legs to paddle, but we made it anyways. When we got back to shore, the other owner (which was the first Newfoundlander to play in the NHL) was there to check how it was. We then enjoyed some games of horseshoes and Frisbee. Rest of the night, we had supper and played card games till midnight and Tiffany got to learn the game of crib and I must say, she picked it pretty quick. The next day (June 23rd), all of us were pretty excited about going white-water rafting and kayaking and when we arrived, we got to meet the guides dogs and they are so cute. They are fairly similar to Lincoln (Tiffany's dog), but not so big. If I was to choose which one to have though, I would have still picked good old Linkers. So we jumped into the bus and drove up to Badger and that is where the tripped started. I got to say the trip was amazing and probably the highlight of the week. Tiffany and I both got a little sunburned where the first part, we just laid back and relaxed while Paul was rowing. The first stop was a place called the "shute" and there was a little swimming hole there. I am not much of a swimmer anymore since an incident back when I was young, so I tried, but chickened out. Tiffany was in there once and she got a little fright at first, but she was ok after that. Leon on the other hand was doing backflips and everything at first. He didn't even have his life-jacket on at first, but he is a strong swimmer, so it was nut much for him really. Then we had to go down through the "shute" and that was awesome. The Paul took us through a few rapids and got Tiffany and I soaked. After all that fun, it was lunch that was made by the wife and it was great. After Lunch, both Paul and Leon had fun in the kayaks and Paul was amazing and showed Leon some tricks. I tried tubing down the rapids a few times and that was ok. The rest of the trip, I rowed the raft and Leon and Paul were in the kayaks and it was nice and relaxing. Tiffany tried rowing also and found out it was a lot harder than she thought, but she did good as well. After the trip, we got to see his house and got changed. Very nice family I must say and amazing house on the river. The rest of the day was more relaxing around the campground for the rest of the day. Saturday (June 24th), we packed up and went to Gander and met up with my cousin Dwayne and Jill and Tiff's friend from home named Stephanie. It was great seeing Dwayne again where it has been a long time since I seen him last. Stephanie was one of Tiffany's good friends I have been waiting to meet since we started dating over a year ago and she is a really nice girl and a very good mother to her child. Her baby is so cute and not shy at all where she went right to Tiffany's arms. So that night, both parties were drinking and we went to both and all of us ended up to a bar named Legends. It was a very fun night and got a lot of drunken pictures of family and friends where I was the sober one. Leon was trying to pick up some girls, but the only one he ended up picking up with Dwayne's dog named Tyson. I have a great video of the whole bunch. The next morning (June 25th), I cooked breakfast for Leon, Dwayne, and myself and then back on the road back to home. We stopped for a few more pictures, but that's about it. So you can see that we had a full-filled, not stop week of fun and it the break was amazing and I am sure Tiffany will agree with that.

I was still of for the next two days, but Leon and I just basically hung out and went to stores so he can buy a bunch of shit and today we went and did some mini-golf. I won at Pippy Park, but he won at the place on MacDonald Dr. So if you want to check out pictures of the trip, either check out mine or Tiffany's MSN Space.

So just before the whole vacation even started, one of my closest friends named Karma told me this would be my first glimpse of married life with Tiffany where it was our first time we got to spend anytime together without work or school involved, even though we have been dating for over a year. Well if that was my first glimpse of married life, I can't wait for my future. Don't worry Tiffany, I am not proposing anytime soon, but majority of the week was amazing because you were there right next to me to enjoy it with me. I know we had a few misunderstandings, but if you compared that to the time we had fun. Hell, fun would be 99% if the time. So if my future involves in having the best of girlfriends next to me, I can't wait to see what more great memories we create together. You got to love to hear family loving her as well. Quote: "We love that girl, she is a lot better than that other girl you were dating back a few years ago, she was stuck up, but Tiffany is great and don't lose her". It's so true though when I look back and see that and I don't plan on losing Tiffany anytime soon or ever even. Love You Tiffany!!!!! Hoped you enjoyed the flowers, favorite picture of the trip, and not I left you today. I figured you needed a smile after 12 hours of school.

Hope everyone enjoyed the read and I will be posting in the near future I suppose.

Peace Out, Corey