Canada 2011~ 6 Hard work before the hot spring

              Well, J had to make me walk a lot more than I was used, too. So far, the technique of food(steak and ice cream) worked very well. He would constantly ask me if I need beef jerky and etc. And that was the picture of me eating a huge piece of meat viciously.

              After the second night in Jasper, I woke up with my face half swollen. My face was so ugly that I didn't even want to look at myself. The mosquitoes in Jasper really got me well. After J woke up, he was shocked, too. We both figured that it may be necessary to use a bug net.

       I was sure that on the way up, I must have freaked many people out by my bug net. There were also several people recognizing how this net works. People asked me whether this net is working or not. It worked pretty well. After I put the net on my face, I didn't record having any more bug bites. I was definitely slow on this trip. Hiking 6 or more hours a day everyday finally caught up. Every step was torturing. It was extra difficult when I saw people going to the hot spring in Pocahontas. J knew how to make me feel better. He put everything on his shoulder.

        On this day three, we've learned our routine. After getting to the point the trail ends on the map, we go for the summit. This day wasn't rainy but the temperature on the mountain varied so much by the clouds. You can see people dressing in any season on the mountain. We were all confused by how to adapt to the weather. After we conquered the summit, J started to take pictures from every angle. There was this family on the summit. The parents were telling me how the young girls dislike the hiking. I told them that I was on the same boat except the love to ice cream and steak kept me going. I helped them take a family picture and they took a picture for us as well.

         On the summit, there were a ton of chipmunks/squirrels!? That was one of them. They kept performing tricks and hoped for some free food.

          We must have spent a good hour on the summit. Finally I dragged J down and we prepared for the hot spring. There were people from all over the world. Hot spring is very popular in Asia. I heard all different dialects and languages from Asia there. I challenged J to go to the extremely cold pool right after the extremely hot one. It was very exhilarating. We both felt like our skin getting poked by needles everywhere. After the procedure twice, J finished himself after the cool pool and decided to just chill out. I enjoyed the hot spring once more and prepared to head out.

           While I was in women's locker room, I realized that there were girls who wore underwear in the pool instead of swimming suit. That was very interesting. I quickly showered, finally, after 3 days without any shower. I was sitting in the lobby waiting for J. Just at that moment, the guys next to me started to chat in Italian. They were teasing each other for jumping out so soon. Right in front of us came a few more Asian girls. Those Italian men started to guess where those girls are from. That was when I said Chinese in Italian. They were definitely all stuttering at that moment (realizing all their garbage talk fully understood by an Asian looking girl). We had a nice little chat in Italian and they told me that they were talking about how beautiful I am, blah blah blah, yeah right...

            I shared the story with J. And we head out to take some pictures of sheep. We drove back to Jasper for dinner, gas and some ice cream. I had some delicious steak, and J had a nice burger. We looked at their own brewery menu but J wasn't convinced to try any.

             We went back to the campsite and got fire for the night. It was beautiful.