Royal Tyrrell Museum -- Dinosaur Heaven

From Edmonton to Drumheller

CFUW Conference is over and I actually sat at the table for the final lunch with the incoming National President. I had a few issues and took the opportunity to discuss them with her. One is the lack of press. Seems national has not been issuing press releases on anything. That explains why I cannot find any when I search. Second is the level of technology available for members to use on the web site and elsewhere. If they want younger members, they will have to speak their language and their language involves interactive web sites, blogs, podcasts, and rss feeds.

We are now in Drumheller. Tomorrow we go to the Royal Tyrrell Museum.

what the family did while I am in meetings

Albert and the children went to Grandma's house, went shopping, and went swimming at the Ramada Water Park. They ate breakfast at Ginger Ginger, and dinner at Wendy's. They purchased King Kong and watched it with snacks in bed.

First day at CFUW Annual General Meeting

I went to my meetings. Interesting debate on fees increase.

The evening was a BBQ dinner at Fort Edmonton. Nice place. It is not just a fort. It has a 1855 street and a 1905 street.

I went into a 1911 Arts and Crafts house. BEAUTIFUL

Love that WestJet

Flew from Hamilton International (Hi) to Edmonton on Thursday August 17. Flight was on time, pleasant and friendly. They did not have enough sandwiches, but that was not a big problem.

Rented a car at the airport -- Dodge Magnum!!! Lots of power and goooooo!!

The hotel is round.

Spamalot

"I'm not dead yet"
"and your father smells of elderberries"
"brave, brave Sir Robin"
"You're using coconuts! "
"Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony."
"It's just a flesh wound."
"RUN AWAY"

They are all there, and more.


We went (my husband, my mother, my sister, her husband, and me) on August 9 in Toronto. Left the children all home alone :)

It was good, not great, but good. Worth the almost $100/ticket?? maybe :)

The family (at least the mother and daughter anyway) in the row in front thought it was hilarious. Laughing so hard they were bouncing in their seats. Clapping madly at everthing. It was a little distracting trying to see around the bobbing heads and trying to figure out if this was the first Monty Python they had ever seen. Because if you have seen the movies and TV series (over and over) and can already quote the dialogue, the play is interesting in its new spin on an old theme, but not bouncingly hilarious. IMHO

Victoria Day

We went to Ottawa to visit. It was rainy, cool, and overcast.

We visited the Hershey Chocolate Factory in Smith Falls.

Later we went for a walk in the woods with Hogan (German Shorthair Pointer) and we all were mosquito bitten. No West Nile concerns in the Ottawa area, must be an Oakville thing.

Drove around and saw many many log cabins and buildings.

Stopped in Lindsay for dinner on the way home and a rest. The traffic was good both directions (surprising) and we suspect many people went home early as the weather was so cool and wet.

Our Holiday Map

Sarnia - Swimming - Albert's Rolling Lunch

And with this adventure it makes three great lakes that we swam in this summer: Huron; Erie; and Ontario. I would have dipped my toe in Lake Michigan when I was in Chicago in the spring if I had thought about it. It makes four great lake viewed :)

Rock Glen Conservation Area

http://www.abca.on.ca/ca-rockglen.php

Fossils just laying around on the ground. Beautiful waterfall. No one there. Peace. Quiet.

Camping -- Parkhill Conservation Area

August 28-30 was camping at Parkhill Conservation area at a campground called "The Great Canadian Hideaway". Very nice park-like setting. Mostly trailers, but we were tenting and the facilities were good.

Using the campsite as a base we went to Rock Glen, Sarnia, and Forest.

Lake Erie and Long Point

This weekend we went for one day to the beach at Long Point. So far this summer we have been swimming in two Great Lakes. There had been tornados a couple of days before, so the waves were quite high. It was a longish drive, however, so we will look for Lake Erie beaches closer to home next time.

Sandbanks -- camping -- swimming

three days in Prince Edward County.

Bowmanville Zoo

The last time I was at the Bowmanville Zoo I was probably Emma's age (12). That was 34 years ago !!! It has changed some, but the rides are probably exactly the same ones :0

Lions, tigers (no bears) and elephants. Camels, a five legged cow (not a bull, really, it had five real legs), parrots, deer, reindeer, etc.

http://www.bowmanvillezoo.com

Blue Man Group

WOW

Ste Marie Among the Hurons

It was REALLY hot this day. We enjoyed the reconstruction and the Museum was excellent.

Swimming in Georgian Bay at Awenda Provincial Park

The air was about 38 and the water about 28, but it was nice.

Another shoe tree

We saw shoe trees last fall near Lindsay. This year near Midland.

June 11-13 2005 -- Ste Marie among the Hurons

Summer 2005

This summer we don't plan one large vacation, but a series of small short ones.

Stay tuned!