Saskatchewan adventure, part 1
So, I debated even keeping this silly blog going. 'Who reads this blog anyways?' asked I. Well, mayhaps people are like me.... I read many people's blogs but never comment on them and then find myself horribly upset when I don't see an update for almost a month. Like, don't these people know I thrive off of reading about other people's lives? I love to hear how so-and-so loves this-and-that, or how such-and-such makes so-and-so happy/angry/confused/lethargic. Even mundane things, you know? So I decided that so what if Rachel is the only person I know reads this... it makes me happy to write it so there. So there. On to other things....
I am on vacation in Saskatchewan. Many people laughed when I said I was going to Saskatchewan for vacation. 'Why Saskatchewan?' they would ask. And then they'd kinda scoff and snicker and mutter something unintelligable under their breaths. One guy even asked me if I would be able to access my internet while in Saskatchewan. Come on people, Saskatchewanians are not barbarians. Saskatchewan is very beautiful. Plus, anywhere is a vacation when you log over 130 hours in a two week pay period.
So, I'm already into week 2 of the vacation and we are actually going home in 2 short days.... mostly we spent a lot of time in the car. This, I find, is a common thing to do here. You know, travelling long distances to somewhere because, why not? We flew into Saskatoon and then drove 3 hours to Regina to visit the sister in law for a night. The next day we drove 6 hours home to Meadow Lake (total = 9 hours). Then 2 sleeps later we drove back to Saskatoon (3 hours, 12 hours total) in preparation for a wedding in Ebenezer (population 150) which was another 3 hours out of Saskatoon (15 hours so far). The wedding was good, quaint and involved a horse and carriage and the first meeting of my husband's cousin's daughter... the first of the new generation in the family. So cute. Pictures to follow when I get home and find my cord. The next day we drove the 6 hourse back to Meadow Lake. So in one week we drove a total of 21 hours. We are glad we decided to fly here and not drive.
Whilst here we (and by we I mean mostly me) played animal bingo. The following animals I have seen in 1.5 weeks while in Saskatchewan:
1. bison (so tasty, have you ever tried!?)
2. mule deer
3. white tail deer (yes, there are 2 kinds of deer, very different and plus it's my game and I can count as many different species of animals as I want)
4. moo cows
5. horsies
6. llamas
7. alpacas
8. a black bear
9. demon ravens (imagine a regular sized raven and then feed that raven some kind of nuclear waste or goo or something and then imagine that the goo made it grow to like 5 times it's normal size and that's how big the ravens are here. They could eat your face in a single swoop)
10. a cougar (it was majestic)
11. a fox
12. a porcupine
13. one alive skunk and about 20 dead road-kill skunks
14. prarie dogs
Well, that's far too much writing for one night.
I am both excited and not excited to come home. It's been great getting a normal amount of sleep, not setting any alarm clocks and not having to be anywhere at any certain time. But, I am anxious to get home and find out if my hedgehog is alive or not, and get back to work (because work=money and money=fun therefore work=fun), and also I need to get an audiogram... anyone know how to do that!?
I am on vacation in Saskatchewan. Many people laughed when I said I was going to Saskatchewan for vacation. 'Why Saskatchewan?' they would ask. And then they'd kinda scoff and snicker and mutter something unintelligable under their breaths. One guy even asked me if I would be able to access my internet while in Saskatchewan. Come on people, Saskatchewanians are not barbarians. Saskatchewan is very beautiful. Plus, anywhere is a vacation when you log over 130 hours in a two week pay period.
So, I'm already into week 2 of the vacation and we are actually going home in 2 short days.... mostly we spent a lot of time in the car. This, I find, is a common thing to do here. You know, travelling long distances to somewhere because, why not? We flew into Saskatoon and then drove 3 hours to Regina to visit the sister in law for a night. The next day we drove 6 hours home to Meadow Lake (total = 9 hours). Then 2 sleeps later we drove back to Saskatoon (3 hours, 12 hours total) in preparation for a wedding in Ebenezer (population 150) which was another 3 hours out of Saskatoon (15 hours so far). The wedding was good, quaint and involved a horse and carriage and the first meeting of my husband's cousin's daughter... the first of the new generation in the family. So cute. Pictures to follow when I get home and find my cord. The next day we drove the 6 hourse back to Meadow Lake. So in one week we drove a total of 21 hours. We are glad we decided to fly here and not drive.
Whilst here we (and by we I mean mostly me) played animal bingo. The following animals I have seen in 1.5 weeks while in Saskatchewan:
1. bison (so tasty, have you ever tried!?)
2. mule deer
3. white tail deer (yes, there are 2 kinds of deer, very different and plus it's my game and I can count as many different species of animals as I want)
4. moo cows
5. horsies
6. llamas
7. alpacas
8. a black bear
9. demon ravens (imagine a regular sized raven and then feed that raven some kind of nuclear waste or goo or something and then imagine that the goo made it grow to like 5 times it's normal size and that's how big the ravens are here. They could eat your face in a single swoop)
10. a cougar (it was majestic)
11. a fox
12. a porcupine
13. one alive skunk and about 20 dead road-kill skunks
14. prarie dogs
Well, that's far too much writing for one night.
I am both excited and not excited to come home. It's been great getting a normal amount of sleep, not setting any alarm clocks and not having to be anywhere at any certain time. But, I am anxious to get home and find out if my hedgehog is alive or not, and get back to work (because work=money and money=fun therefore work=fun), and also I need to get an audiogram... anyone know how to do that!?
posted by Robyn Bishop @ 9:42 PM
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