Friends, Family & Forks

The days began to wind down and the countdown to get back in the car was on. Eww! I don’t know if I can take Saskatchewan again, but the only other option is America, so I’d best be getting prepared. Prior to that though, there is still more awesome things to be done and seen. The day after our last adventure into Winnipeg with the old crew, Kelpy and Cephas invited us out for one of our formerly classic nights on the town. The first massive undertaking was trying to figure out which house was theirs. Apparently I’ve forgotten – but a phone call easily fixed that.



We headed out for Chinese to a place in our old neighbourhood – Diner’s Choice. The food was…well…chickmendous. But I don’t even really know what that means.


Um…what is that native guy doing up there? Bizarre.




They always do, gentle friends…they always do.

Passing by the Forks on the way back up to K&C’s, we decided to take a detour and see what was going on at there. Turns out, not a whole lot except a lot of old people getting down in a tent.













Some of those geris were showing some serious skillz.






Trust me…this photo needs to be in black and white. It just looks dirty otherwise. Oh Winnipeg.


Geocaching?











We decided to head up the tower at the market – how have I never been up here?


The might and impressive skyscraper district of Winnipeg. Tee hee.


And…this strange geri dancing tent. Like, why?

The next day Suzy invited me down into quaint little Plum Coulee. AHHHH! This place is like a treasure trove of culture. Like, it doesn’t get more rural MB than this.




Suzy’s grocery store. Everyone, go shop there! I get 0% commission on sales, so…yeah.


Little friend #1


Little friend #2 – he was so shy that he turned away from me every time I glanced in his direction.


Um, kind of best grocery store picture ever. Bailey says “wassup.”


Suzy has them trained well.

After some Mighty Machines and nice chat with Suzy, I headed back to the farm for a good ‘ol family nosh-fest. MMMMM FOOD.








And THIS is why fatness occurs.

To jam more family activities into one evening, we headed to Kelly and Roberta’s for Marty’s familys’ pictures. Great. I get to look like a giant monster again amongst the ladies in Marty’s family. That’s what happens when you have almost a foot-long height advantage…or disadvantage.


Lil Baby Will, the sequel.













Haaaa…so I didn’t include any of the sasquatch pictures here because, well, I don’t have any and you don’t need to see them!!

Tomorrow we get back into the car for the long journey home and so I said goodbye to my homeland.







At the ridiculous hour of 5:30 AM, we were off. Eyes on the prize my friends! After hours and hours of driving, we arrived in Calgary, our crash-pad for the night. We did it up right at Sushi Kawa for Japanese.


All the waitresses are really Japanese and they wear these adorable little tuxedo shirts.





I did a bit of HST-free shopping (TAKE THAT GORDON CAMPBELL!)



Sis found her doppelganger…



And the next day we were back on the road, home so close I can taste it.





We made it home safe and sound and slightly poorer (as trips are wont to do). So, at home I will stay for the next while – I have a major project to finish for school and…I need to hoard some $$$$$$$$ (yes, the extras are intentional) for my next trip in four weeks. Can you guess where? I’m sure it’s not hard.