Day 6 & 7- Climb a Mountain +Smoke Shisha; Drink Scotch

Day 6- Climb a Mountain + Smoke Shisha

I've never climbed an entire mountain from the bottom to the very top.  I have cheated before and drove halfway up to climb to the top, but I have never done the entire thing.

My friend Mark suggested that we go for a hike and climb Knox Mountain in Kelowna.  Knox is a popular place for both hikers and bikers and has trails that will cater to most people's fitness ability.  Mark is sort of an extremist, and also quite physically fit and active, so it didn't surprise me at all when he was taking me on trails where I was crawling up on my hands and knees trying my absolute best not to fall backwards and plummet to my death.  I was swearing at him.  I was dry heaving.  I was covered in dirt.  I was hating my life.  I believe that I was actually called a 'Diva'- haha. However, I kept pushing and eventually made it to the top.  It was one of the best feelings that I have felt in a long time.

So once Mark and I were at the top we strolled over to the kiosk to take a look at the view.  Sitting there was an unshaven, shaggy haired lad who was wearing a plaid Grateful Dead shirt, and reading a book.  After some small talk he unzipped his backpack and pulled out a hooka and asked us if we wanted to smoke shisha with him.  SCORE! Another thing that I have never done!  It was quite windy at the top of Knox, but we did manage to get it going, and the flavour was Coconut & Coca Cola- very random but quite delicious!

Day 7- Drink Scotch

Shelly, Moi, Jay

 I've never drank scotch, which is quite surprising because I have ( at one time or another ) consumed almost ever liquor under the sun.  To celebrate our last day of our acute care practicum, some classmates and I went to a local pub on the lake (Rose's) to enjoy some food and beverages.  I know nothing about Scotch, but ordered it anyways, and asked the server to bring me something popular.  She brought me Glenfiddich Special Reserve 12 Year.  Oh, and I got it on the rocks- I felt bad ass.




Having never consumed scotch before I didn't know a thing about it, and don't have anything to compare it to.  However, I thought it was OK and now I know that I can enjoy a glass of scotch when I go out with my faux-sophisticate friends.  Would I drink it everyday? 
Absolutely not.  Am I glad that I tired it? Definitely.