Because there’s a $700 surcharge to rent a car in Montana and return it in Canada, I come to you tonight from Calgary.
Let me explain. Originally, this
trip had us flying into Kalispell, renting a car, making our way across
Glacier, crossing into Canada to see Banff, and flying out of Calgary. The
surcharge effectively ended that idea. Fortunately, I managed to pry enough
brain cells away from the Rule Against Perpetuities to come up with a solution:
Do half of Glacier, go to Banff, do the rest of Glacier, and return the car in
the country from whence it came. In my eyes, an eminently reasonable solution.
And one that no one wanted to do. I’m still not entirely sure why the
opposition, but in my delicate pre-bar state, I had no patience for people
being irrational. The only obstacle keeping us from visiting the Canadian parks
was gone, so what was the problem?
In any event, if they wouldn’t do
my solution, I’d split off from the group and do it myself. I figured it was a
good idea anyway, in the event of a repeat of the Yosemite situation, to give
us all a break if needed. It wasn’t really needed, but it did get me the
opportunity to see another of the world’s most scenic landscapes. So here’s how
that went.
