Days Inn Red Deer Ab

<br> As we bring this adventure to a close&#8230;&#8230;<br> Final Thoughts:<br> <br> Would have consistently taken pictures of unusual signs that we saw as we saw many<br> Glad to be &#8216;home&#8217;, but not necessarily glad to be back in Alberta<br> This is a really BIG country<br> This is a really beautiful country<br> Good outweighs evil!!!<br> There is beauty in the rain<br> Fall is still, by far, my favorite season<br> I feel smarter J but still very &#8216;dumb&#8217;<br ...

Ruth and Gorden's 50th was a great time with family and friends. <br>Boundry Ranch is beautiful.<br><br> We left Boundry Ranch in the PM and stopped in Calgary and had a short put sweet visit with Albert and Mieke. Then drove to Red Deer to overnight with Don and Lois

... There were about 100 people there, mostly former students or teachers as well as a fair few family.<br>Also in our time in Clive we went to the Ponoka Stampede (similar to the Calgary Stampede but far fewer crowds) which was great, as well as all the normal rodeo things we got to see the chuck wagon races which were absolutely crazy. They have a team of 4 horses pulling the chuck wagons and have to do a bit of a ...

This is a piece of our heritage that we should not miss out on. We travelled on a steam train from Stettle to Big Valley, had a large buffet dinner, were robbed by gun toting bandits and taken back to Stettler with the big transcontinental locomotive. A fun day and the traffic was light too.<br>

In our quest for the library, we stumbled upon the most beautiful city gardens! What a find in a roundabout way! Since Senica has a broken toe we cannot walk all over the town. I love how we found the highlights just a few blocks from the bus station!

Dec 20 - We leave Santiago, Chile at 9:21 pm (5:21pm at home) and land in Toronto at 6:45 am. Dec 21 - From Toronto, we leave at 8:30 am (6:30 at home) and land in Calgary at 10:50 am. Momma, I'm comin home "A journey is a person in itself, no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policies and coercion are fruitless. We find after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us." - John Steinbeck (1902-1968)

... about Canada heritage. The day was so exciting that I fell asleep on the boat ride! The temperature was 36 that day! My Cousin's dog Sweet Pea is keeping the kids entertained this morning before we head off soon to the water park! Thats all for now.....

... 5:30am (who booked that early flight anyway?) and our flight is scheduled to leave at 7:50am for Houston where we have a short 3 hour layover. We will finally be arriving in Cancun at just after 6pm. Going to be a long day, but still very exciting. It will be great to finally be there and get started. Keep checking anytime after the 30th and we should have new entries coming in quite frequently.

... at Nana's house that both Jess and TJ's families came to. Auntie Julie made up trivia questions about Australia and New Zealand that we all tried to answer, it was a lot of fun! Last night Jess had a going away party at Tony Roma's with the AMA crew. It was really nice to say ...

... and Shawna. Betty and Bob also popped over. It just wouldn't seem right to not see them on the day we fly into Canada. For most of the years that we were in Bermuda, we would stay with them before heading North. A little while later, Melanie showed up with a blindfolded Marcia. Before I had had time to email Mel and Marcia with the news that we were coming home for Easter, Melanie had heard it through the McLennan Grapevine. She quickly ...