Sorry your plans were ruined.

It's really beautiful here. I live in Vancouver which is an extremely hectic city but all the beautiful scenary is within a couple hours from here (sometimes only a few minutes!) I can't imagine myself living anywhere else. It's so perfect here. There are gorgeous beaches, lots of dog friendly parks, tons of places to shop, places to hike, whistler to snowboard/ski, there's everything here.

I've been to the West Edmonton Mall. I don't think I enjoyed it that much . But then again, I was 7 or so.