Tuesday, January 8, 2008

8th January



Today was a sad day as we had to pack our things and leave Turtle Valley. We certainly wish we had more time to spend there. Mark, Nan, the dogs and the cats have all been great hosts and the fun we had was more than we could have imagined.

Phil had his first waffle experience this morning, but I think he will stick to toast with Vegemite. We left home early in order to stop off at Wal-Mart on the way, where we found the last car we needed for series one.

The airport was an ordeal. All luggage and travellers go through one security check point. There is one conveyerbelt with one xray machine and they are STRICT. I had my carry on bag searched and our laptop case was swabbed for drugs! We did manage to get through without a strip search and make our plane with plenty of time.

Pete, the upcoming groom, picked us up from the airport and we are spending the night at Jen's mum's house in Calgary before heading to Kananaskis tomorrow. Hopefully we will start getting some photos up on the blog again tomorrow. We can not believe that we are on the final leg of our trip and will soon be home.

Highlight of the day: Promises to trade Cherry Ripes and Chicken Chips with Peanutbutter chocolates across the pacific.

1 comment:

Mark Cowin said...

Hi Guys, I don't know how much cell coverage you have in K country (as the locals call it) but it has been snowing almost constantly since you left and we had another 6 inches last night. The trees are covered and the icicles are hanging off the roof again. Come back you don't have to go home yet as you could use the internet for class prep and IM for live teaching. We both enjoyed you being here and the dogs are needing more of your exercise routine. It is snowing again now and we are heading to Vernon for my knee so had better get a move on. Take care for the rest of the trip and know you are welcome here any time. And Tab take care of your foot (Ken the physio says so) and don't get too wrinkley in the hot tub and Phil stay in the bounderies of the ski area. Also we bought a 19" LCD monitor yesterday so sent pics we can see them clearly from the kitchen. Bye for now Mark Nan Bogey Annie and Mickey