It was a great weekend. It was fun getting to know the other girls and their families better. They should have these trips at the beginning of the season. It was a great bunch of girls and their families are wonderful.
After the Championship game we all went out to celebrate at Tony Romas.
We hardly recognized the girls as they went from this....
(they clean up nicely)
Here's the place we stayed at.
Do the words "Budget" and "Luxury" go together?
When we drove up we had our reservations and started to talk about some of the dives we had stayed in through the years. Plus it was in an interesting part of town. (the dad who booked the place admitted that when he saw it he thought that he was going to be in trouble with all of the other families - this was the only place in town that had rooms available when he tried to book - that's not a good sign either)
But to our surprise it actually quite nice inside. The rooms had been renovated and it was a completely smoke free building.
Its the first place I've stayed it that had LCD TVs.
We were worried when we got our room because it had the outside door. I thought it wouldn't be good for our kids to be running outside to go from room to room especially where were we. Our door was on the back of the building and when we checked in there was a guy dumpster diving not far away. But to my surprise when we opened the door we found that there was an inside door as well. Its the first room I've had that has had a front and back door. It made it easy for loading and unloading because we could park right by the outside door.
Jamie by our "Front" door.
We went to Church in Mike and Petrea's ward. It was small version of some of the churches in Calgary. It was a nice meeting and it was nice to see Mike and Petrea once last time before we headed out. Next time we see them they will be Mommy Petrea and Daddy Michael.
Now for the drive home. I need to set this up.
All you Canadians have to agree that there's something about Canadian TV that makes it look Canadian. I don't know what it is. They can film movies in Canada but they don't look Canadian, but you film a TV series in Canada there is something "Canadian" about it. I can't really explain it but I'm sure you all know what I mean.
That wasn't my point - Let me try to get to the point. There is one Canadian TV series that I really enjoy. Its Corner Gas (www.cornergas.com). Its about a gas station in a small town in Saskatchewan. I like it because I grew up in a small town in Alberta - lots of similarities - plus everyone knows someone who is like the characters in this show.
I'm still not to my point - but I'm getting there. The Corner Gas theme song - Not A Lot Goin' On, starts with the lyrics
You can tell me that your dog ran away
then tell me that it took three days
I’ve heard every joke
That's referring to a classic Saskatchewan joke. My friend Gord grew up in Saskatchewan. He used to say that Saskatchewan is so flat that if you stand on a chair you can watch your dog run away for 3 days.
Ok - here's my point - its NOT a joke. We took pictures on our drive home from Saskatoon to Calgary. (Judy said it was like driving between Picture Butte and Granum - for 6 hours)
I think you could easily watch your dog run away for 3 days. You be the judge.
These following pictures were taken on the drive home at random times - even though it may look like it - they are NOT all the same picture . (Sorry about the dirty windshield.)
I didn't expect to see this. We were driving through a small town and I actually turned around to take the picture. I wonder which Iron Chef runs this place.
Had to take a picture of this - a curve in the road
There was more snow as we got close to Calgary. There was about 6 inches on new snow in Calgary on Sunday morning.
The girls watched movies and slept so the drive went quickly (as quickly as 6 hours can)
A very nice weekend with a nice souvenir
