What an amazing weekend! Pembina River Campground is still the best
place around Edmonton to camp. We had the group campsite booked last
weekend, and were lucky enough to share it with a bunch of friends. The
weather was fantastic, so we spent half of Saturday lounging in the
river. The rest of the time, we lounged around the campfire, played
poker all night, and relaxed.
Pictures to follow, once I figure it out.
We had our first camping trip of the year this weekend. There we 13 of
us in two sites at Wild Willie's Something or Other, just outside of
Drayton Valley, AB. We were supposed to go to Pembina, but (big suprise)
it was full by Thursday night. Willie's was pretty nice, and cheaper
than most other developed campgrounds - $16 per night, includes
firewood. It's right on the North Saskatchewan River, so the scenery is
pretty good -- not quite breathtaking, but pretty good, just the same.
The 13 people included Holly and me, My parents, James and Jen, and
friend of the family (including a 3 month old). That's a lot of people
to pack into two sites, and it showed when my patience wore thin towards
the end of Sunday. Otherwise, it was a fantastic trip, with plenty of
good red wine, tons of food, and lot of time to relax.
Since today's Victoria day, I might as weel add this little story: There
was a bunch of canoists heading to Edmonton on the river to commemorate
the queen's visit. There were two groups: some of the paddlers were from
St. Johns School for Boys, and the rest were from some other group.
There must have been around 100 people watching them start out, and some
of them were in voyageur outfits.
When I get the photos off my camera, I'll post them.
We celebrated my friend Eddie Z's 25th birthday last night. Thanks to
his parents for putting up with all of us, for dinner, and for the use
of the house to make the suprise work. A good time was had by all, right
down to the high-stakes poker games!
We went to see The Hitchhiker's Guider to the Galaxy last night. I'm
still undeceided about it. Overal, it was a pretty good show, but I was
a bit disapointed with some of the effects and a lot of the acting. I
laughed my ass off a few times though, and that was all I really wanted.
I give it a 7/10.
I don't want to say highway robbery, but WOW! I took the car to Bubbles
today for a spring cleaning. 40 bucks for a basic in and out clean with
wax. Not too bad, but the salesman tried to push the full shampoo "deal"
on me, for a mere 120 bucks. I DON'T THINK SO! That's just silly.
