Our whirlwind road trip to Saskatchewan over the weekend went off without a hitch. We had a great time at our neice Laurie's wedding and saw a lot of family members who also managed to make the trip. The drive there and back was quite long, 14 hours going and 12 coming back as we had to stop at Eagle's Nest Ranch in the Cypress Hills to pick Sandi up and then drop her off on the way back. It was a lot of driving for a one day visit but we enjoyed the scenic route through Drumheller, a nice change from the traffic clogged #2 through Calgary. We took lots of pictures, some of which are now available through a new link on the left called Photos July 2003 which also has some other goodies from the past little while. I did fairly well driving there and back and although I got quite tired I was able to do a fair amount of driving with Chris, Sandi and Dianne taking over the wheel at various times. Sandi did her first stint at highway driving and drove all the way from the Saskatchewan border to Sedley, a good 3.5 hour stretch. Things went well for me as far as spending long hours in the car in my condition and we only had to make pit stops a couple of times. These Depends garments are quite the technological marvel for what they are and are definately a help. Not only that, they are comfortable and very discreet, fitting quite snugly as I'm sure you will agree if you check this out.
The only down side to the weekend was the weather. It was quite hot and sunny in Sedley for Saturday, but we had to drive home Sunday against a mean, blustery wind and dark, threatening clouds that occasionally let go some moisture of their own. The temperatures have not been above 20 since and once again I am lamenting the fact that this is July not October and where are those long, hot summer days that I remember from my youth?
I picked up the CSI: Crime Scene Investigaton game for PC the other day as I am a big CSI fan so I thought I'd check it out. I haven't had a chance to have a go at it yet as I have been busy doing other stuff, but it looks like it will be good fun. And of course I can get a CSI fix every night now as Showcase Action is running it 7 nights a week. Forensic goodness!
We are hoping to make it to Edmonton's annual Shakespeare festival that is on now and has become a favourite tradition of ours. This year they are doing A Midsummer Night's Dream and Henry V, so I hope we get a couple of decent evenings to take that in. For anyone in the Edmonton area you can check it out here.

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