Holiday Inn 67 Street, Ab Red Deer

... It's amazing that Halloween is the one thing that draws the community together, everyone's in such a good mood, there's a total party atmosphere... all a bit worrying considering where Halloween started off. I think particularly in North America now, though, it's pretty much seen as 'fancy dress' day, but I still can't quite get used to the fact that even churches have 'heavenly halloween' parties for the little kids.<br><br>Sunday I made the most of the ...

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

... Australia and ended up settling around Batchelor) and got to meet lots of family we had never met before and learning more about the family history. One of the highlights was the centenary of the Sargent School (now a community hall). David's great grandparents had donated some of their land for a school in the district, which had then operated as a school until about 1950's or 1960's before being used as a community ...

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!

... but the temperature this morning was -36C with a strong breeze that dropped the wind chill to a crushing -47C; brrrrr. The snow fell most of the night and I had to shovel through drifts as deep as 40 cm. Still the weather didn't stop me from walking into town for my dental appointment this morning

... for outdoor activities: ice skating, cross-country skiing, ice fishing, sledding, quadding... We arrived home last night, having been away eleven days, so my day began with shopping. Our fridge ...

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)

It's Wednesday, January 17th and we leave early Saturday morning for Calgary. We had a busy couple weeks getting ready to leave. We had a going away party last Friday, January 12th with friends, TJ's parents got us ice cream cake, mmm!!!! Monday, January 15th we had a going away ...

... giggle. I pulled away. She pulled off the blindfold, and just stared at me. I'll never forget the look on her face. She jumped out of the vehicle and then in true Marcia style she jumped up and down while gasping and muttering and giggling, "Huh? What? Aah?" What a blast. What a great night. April 13 - Administration Day and Night Out Of all of the administration days we have had throughout the trip, this was definitely the busiest one. It ...

... the next morning. Nonetheless it was a cool experience to have, and the scenery alone was worth it! I shared a room with Gina, a girl who is on the varsity running team and who is in my French class. We went on a few hikes around the mountains, and we shot ahead whilst the mass of people dawdled. On the Sunday we got conveniently 'lost' when we were just so tired of speaking French, and wandered up to the side of the reservoir ...