World Skills was hosted in Calgary this year as you all hopefully know, so I decided that I wanted to go down one day during school. So I left school at 11:15, and took the '73' down to Chinook. Mind you, I was with my cousin, and neither of us had ever taken this route, and we had no idea where we were going. As the whole bus sits there in silence, my cousin and I get on the bus, and are talking kind of loudly, saying we have absolutely no idea where to get off, and we just kept giggling in our seats. Then, the lady in front of us asked us "Are you going down to World Skills, cause if you are, get off at Chinook station, and then take the C-train." Excellent, I finally had a little bit of a clue of where I was going. So we arrive at Chinook, and we get off.
Now I'm by the Pet Store and a Home Depot, and it was now almost 12, and we were getting pretty hungry. So I insisted on going in Home Depot and look for free popcorn. See, at 'Totems' they have free popcorn, I was just looking in the wrong store. So we come out a little bit depressed, and stilla little hungry because there was no popcorn, but we found an A&W, and got something to eat there. Yum. Now I was full, but I didn't know where the train station was. So once again, I was talking loudly again, and this random guy said, 'Turn left, and go straight, and it should be down there.' Excellent.
Now were in the train station, and we caught the first C-train that came up. We were headed northbound, and we were just hoping that we would end up at the stampede grounds somehow, and Thank God, we got to the Earlton station.
We walked around the World Skills, and got some free T-shirts, free bags, carpenters pencil, and I could lift up the 100 pound bricks in one of the 'try a skill' tents. Freaking Awesome.
Now. The Ride home. We now have gained 3 more people, and 3 times the stupidity.
So all we needed to do was take the C-train down town. Get off, and take a two. Simple right?
So, were on the C-train, and we were looking for the McDonalds that my sisters ate at in the morning cause that's where they got on. So we saw the Mcdonalds, and started looking for the next stop to get off at. Well, ofcourse it's our luck, and there weren't any stops while we passed over a river, and some trees and stuff. So now were headed, well, God knows where, and we very smartly decided to take the route all the way around. I mean, that would only take an hour or two right?
Once again. 5 people, all giggling on the bus, talking really loudly, and this woman looked at us and said 'Take my word of advice. Get off the train now, and take one back to your stop.' And then it clicked. We all piled off, and were laughing ridicously hard at our stupidity, and took the next c-train back. So that time, were were successful. We got off, and just had to wait for the 2. We get off and started walking, and we saw the 2, and I suggested 'Guys, we could run and catch that one', and ofcourse our legs hurt by now from walking all the way around, and my friend didn't want to run. She insisted that we would catch it. Ofcourse I have to say ' I would laugh sooo hard if it drives away...' On cue. Bye Bye #2.
So we had to wait around a little while, and there were alot of birds flying around, and my sister was terrified cause she hates birds, but that's besides the point. And were sitting there at the stop, when another bus driver told us 'that that was the wrong bus stop'. So we moved back a little, and waited some more. A bus that was supposed to take 2 minutes ended up taking 20 minutes. Then the 2 finally arrives, and we catch it, and we go all the way home. We get home absolutely exhausted, but we had some awesome pizza, and it was awesome.
Overall that day was very productive.
We learned:
- How to take a 73
- How to take a C-train, and remember our stop, and what to do if we miss it again.
- To read signs of moved bus stops
- And always trust stangers advice.
- Happy Blogger
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