My first helicopter ride :)

Last weekend when I was in Canmore with Dale, he wanted to make my trip out West special so he took me on a helicopter ride :)

It was my first time in a helicopter!

I was really nervous just before I got into the helicopter. I used the washroom several times within 30 minutes before heading to the launch pad! Lucky for me, I was totally fine once I was in the helicopter

Dale booked the tour with Apline Heli Tours. I lucked out with the weather - it was a gorgeous morning. And Dale chose the 30 minute Mount Assiniboine Glacier Tour

Me in front of the company sign

The launch and landing pad

I got front seat!!! It was just Dale and I who booked this particular helicopter which is good. So altogether there were four people - our pilot, Dale, a lady from the company (to even out the weight in the helicopter) and myself.

I really would not recommend a fifth person in a helicopter since the middle back seat probably has quite an obstructed view.

So this was the control panel! The pilot sits to the right (here drivers sit on the left in a car)

Our pilot James S. :)

He's a funny guy :) When I got into the helicopter I told him it was my first time in a helicopter and he said, "It's my first time too!" LOL

The closest I'll get to the peaks of any mountain....it was breath taking. The pictures don't do it any justice.

And we each got a little certificate saying we did the tour.

This is just a quick video I took in the valley of a mountain. The video quality is rather terrible on my Samsung PL100. Towards the 20 sec point, you can see how there is glass behind the foot rest in the front seat.

It was an amazing experience and I have Dale to thank so much for that. I'm really grateful to have him in my life. He is so generous to me.

And my helicopter ride was smoother than being in an airplane despite my fears :)


Have you been on a helicopter before? Where would you like to take a helicopter ride over? A canyon? Mountains? A waterfall?

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Known as “La Isla de la Munecas”, by the Spanish, The Island of the Dolls is perhaps the creepiest tourist attraction in Mexico. Located within an extensive network of canals, south of Mexico City, the island is a place of mystery and superstition.

Almost every tree growing on the island is decorated with old, mutilated dolls that give anyone the feeling that they’re constantly being watched. The story behind the Island of the Dolls began when a hermit by the name of Don Julian Santana moved here. Although he was married he chose to live the last 50 years of his life alone.

Don Julian used to say he was haunted by the ghost of the little girl who had drowned in one of the canals around the island. Some say he used to fish the dolls from the water because he though they were real children, but the truth is he was collecting and placing them around his home as a shrine for the spirit that tormented him. At one point he even traded home grown fruit and vegetables for old dolls.

Ironically, in 2001 Don Julian Santana was found dead by his nephew, in the same canal that he said the little girl drowned in. Now his Island of the Dolls is one of the world’s weirdest tourist attractions. Some tourists who visited this place claim the dolls whisper and you must offer them a gift upon setting foot on the island, to appease their spirits.

FOTD for the week

Because my luggage always ends up being borderline overweight, I usually only travel with enough makeup for one FOTD.

Last weekend on my travels to Canmore and Calgary, this was my FOTD everyday.

I'm pointing to a Mountain sheep.....

And it's a really simple EOTD....Left to Right

MAC Groundwork Paint Pot (one of my favourite paint pots!)

MAC Corduroy eye shadow

MAC Texture eye shadow

+ any highlight colour and Ardell 107 lashes (a picture of the lashes are in this blog post here)

One of the things Dale bought for me this past weekend was a $200 gift certificate to Forever21. One of the things I bought with the gift certificate was this t-shirt I'm wearing above. It's the Queen Card Front Tee

Do you pack light when you travel? Or is your luggage hitting the 45-48 lb mark like mine? LOL

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