Lethbridge Lodge

By pure luck Adam &amp; Laura, who we met back in Quebec City &amp; Montreal, saw that we were staying in Medicine Hat on my Facebook profile and invited us to come stay with them in nearby Lethbridge. Unfortunately we were booked into hostels in Banff for 5 nights so could only stop over on our way there. The 1 night we were there was Thanksgiving in Canada, and we were once again taken in so warmly by an entire family.<br><br>Adam ...

... of weeks, thanks to pain killers, I slept. Last week I started to visit the field with the supper delivery and towards the end of the week, Don and I figured out a way to get me up and down the ladder on the combine so that I had a couple of hours each evening riding with him. Don has been leaving here about 7:15 in the morning and returning between 1 and 2am most days so we don't see much of each ...

... up with a trip to the Raymond hospital. Fortunately, Lightning, one of the workers camped nearby, came along shortly after it happened. I've broken both bones in my left arm at the wrist. A goof (I touched the fiberglass before it was cured and it collapsed) during the cast application sent me back to the hospital for a new cast Wednesday morning. While there, I mentioned that it was my right ...

... morning and when I got into the car to go to the post office, discovered that my windshield had cracked. On our way to Calgary on the weekend, we drove a section of highway where they were laying new stone chip surface and I remember commenting to Don that I would be glad when we were through that section. When I checked, I found a particle from the errant rock embedded in the rubber seal at the bottom of ...

... we had to leave the RV and go inside where our paperwork was copied. Lots and lots of questions, but I noticed everyone crossing was getting the same treatment. <br>So......we're in Canada at a lovely park with lots of trees (no Bill O'reilly tonight!) and lots of grass to make the dogs happy. Tomorrow we're off to Banff Natl. Park. Will write from there if we have a signal. And I promise to work on uploading the pictures!!<br>

... Sandra and Kevin again. They had visited New Zealand about 10 years ago with their kids Kayli and Chris, so they noticed some slight changes in our children! We thoroughly enjoyed staying here, Lethbridge is a lovely town and Sandra and Kevin enjoy a great lifestyle on a couple of acres outside of town. The kids loved hanging out at their place, feeding the trout in the pond and generally hanging with family. We enjoyed watching a game of ...

... Pool-Tournament (the looser team still demand a rematch!). Most of Wednesday we spent in the car. We made a stop in Drumheller, which is famous for its dinosaur finds and we went to the museum there. Jenn insisted on walking up to this lookout, eventhough Renae, Sandra and Tamina were too lazy and wanted to go back to the car. But on our way down from it, Jenn slipped with her flipflops, fell and twisted her. Oh and her health care expiered a few days ...

Bon d'accord, je n'ai pas de paysages montagnards à tomber, ni de cascades à eau cristalline, ni excursion par ci par là (manque de temps et de chéri pour le faire!), mais au moins, je suis sur le terrain tout le temps, avec mes bébêtes tout autour, et j'adore ça! Ces derniers jours, j'était assise à la même place, avec mon sac de bon miam pour squirrels (pissenlit, miam!). Et j'ai u voir de mes yeux le concept de "défense des ressources ...

... les gens sont gentils avec moi: à chaque nouvelle tête, j'ai le droit aux quelques mots de français qu'ils connaissent: BonjouL, Commen talé Vouu? Attention, je ne me moques pas, car ma prononciation anglaise doit autant les faire rire que la leur me fait sourire! Et enfin, avec toutes mes journées biblio sur le lit, j'ai pu tester la télé: ici, pas moyen de suivre une série (Séries que l'on a d'ailleurs en avance par rapport à la France: j'ai au moins vu tous les Experts en ...

... Each road and corner we drove was stunning. Snow caped mountains, icy blue lakes and streams with vast pine forests were a picture post card in every direction. We visited Banff, a lovely town in the heart of the moutains. It felt like Christmas even though it was August. The area around Lethbridge where Donna lives is made up of vast yellow cornfields, straight long roads, wind farms ...