Days Inn Lethbridge

... watching the Oilers ice hockey game, and it only took 30 seconds before the first couple of people pointed and laughed, thankfully Kristina was quickly on hand to explain all.

It was good to hang out with the guys again, and after many beers we sloped off to bed, waking late with sore heads the next day. That Friday we staggered around Lethbridge with Adam, and it was at an A&W burger bar that I was broken, the ...

By pure luck Adam & Laura, who we met back in Quebec City & 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.

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 ...

... on the Blood Reserve where much of the crop is located. He was able to take Bob for a short ride. Bob's background is in the construction and servicing of large logging equipment so the machinery used for harvesting was of great interest to him.
You really get a sense of the vastness of the prairie when in those fields. The combines try to stay together out there as, once separated from the others it is ...

... provided cake, ice cream and punch.

Local Info

Lethbridge is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada, and the largest city in southern Alberta. It is Alberta's fourth-largest city by population after Calgary, Edmonton and Red Deer, and the third-largest by area after Calgary and Edmonton. The nearby Canadian Rockies contribute to the ...

... There seems to be a constant wind in this area and the proliferation of wind turbines makes ideal use of the higher hills to produce clean green electricity. Pincher Creek was one of there earliest areas to produce oil in Alberta and it seems fiting that this area should now be able to produce abundant amounts of renewable energy. A beautiful drive, even at this time of the year. One can only image what it would be like with fall colors.

Alors que d'autres sont déjà rentré, moi je continue mes explorations. Aujourd'hui, c'était visite d'un ranch avec Susan Lingle qui étudie les relations de prédation entre deer et coyotes. Donc nous sommes partis ce matin sous le brouillard, remplacé petit à petit par le soleil puis la pluie. Le ranch se situe à 1/2 h de route de Lethbridge, au milieu de nulle part ...

... Ambitionen an Jenn ausleben konnte), Sandra und Tamina nach Edmonton. Zach musste leider den ganzen Tag arbeiten und konnte deswegen nicht mitkommen. In Edmonton hatten wir ein einziges Ziel: WEST EDMONTON MALL!!!! Das groesste Einkaufszentrum der Welt! Da die Laeden ueberall die gleichen sind, beschlossen wir Dinge zu unternehmen, die man nur hier machen kann. So ging es zuerst in den Waterpark mit unzaehligen Wasserrutschen und einem riesigen Wellenbad ...

Oulala, que de choses depuis la Saint Valentin. Alors, le jeudi 14, petit tour au centre ville pour régler encore des papiers (enfin, j'ai un Number Insurance Social!) puis direction un magasin pour acheter des chaises assez hautes pour pouvoir observer les squirrels à travers les fenêtres des abris. Ensuite, Gail m'a invité à boire un chocolat chaud, donc j'ai pris mon courage à deux mains pour essayer de faire un peu de ...

... what? after today we're rather glad we didn't. Today, we felt privileged to be able to share the Chinook Association Rodeo that took place this afternoon in Lethbridge. This was rodeo for real, not that Calgary isn't, but this was guys, girls and kids competing just like they do all season all over the country. No fancy stalls or stands selling stuff, no fairground rides, no fancy prices, hot dogs and burgers in the interval ...