Friday John was still having allergy problems so golf was off. The day was
spent watching 2 FIFA games. We are hoping for a better day tomorrow.
Saturday was a beautiful warm sunny day. We decided there were other towns
in the area we had not explored yet and riding in an air conditioned truck would
be an allergy free environment. John planned a circle drive and our first stop
was Hughenden, a town with at least one artistic painter. If you expand the picture, you might see the Bridgestone Tire logo under the paint.
We stopped to check out the general store, which does sell very tasty mango licorice. Our second stop was Amisk, with a golf course and rv park, that we will have to check out at a future date. As we arrived in Hardisty we were impressed by the number and size of the oil storage tanks as well as the number of Summerville workers. We had encountered them last summer in St. Paul as well. The town of St. Paul campground was expanding in order to accommodate all the sites that Summerville had reserved for their workers. Hardisty as a town seemed to have a very small commercial district, that we could see, given the size of the town as well as the amount of oil field activity in the area.
Since we found Hardisty to be a bit disappointing we carried on to Irma. Irma is the birthplace of Jean Pare of the Company's Coming Cookbook fame.
We stopped at Long Branch Trading Company on main street for lunch. An interesting little shop which sells all sorts of nick knacks as well as offers a small but tasty menu. It reminded us of Serendipity that we used to frequent, on 9th street in Calgary. After lunch we headed back to Wainwright to pick up some groceries and a pack of masks, so that John will be able to golf again. We returned to the trailer to watch the England vs Italy FIFa game.
We stopped to check out the general store, which does sell very tasty mango licorice. Our second stop was Amisk, with a golf course and rv park, that we will have to check out at a future date. As we arrived in Hardisty we were impressed by the number and size of the oil storage tanks as well as the number of Summerville workers. We had encountered them last summer in St. Paul as well. The town of St. Paul campground was expanding in order to accommodate all the sites that Summerville had reserved for their workers. Hardisty as a town seemed to have a very small commercial district, that we could see, given the size of the town as well as the amount of oil field activity in the area.
Since we found Hardisty to be a bit disappointing we carried on to Irma. Irma is the birthplace of Jean Pare of the Company's Coming Cookbook fame.
We stopped at Long Branch Trading Company on main street for lunch. An interesting little shop which sells all sorts of nick knacks as well as offers a small but tasty menu. It reminded us of Serendipity that we used to frequent, on 9th street in Calgary. After lunch we headed back to Wainwright to pick up some groceries and a pack of masks, so that John will be able to golf again. We returned to the trailer to watch the England vs Italy FIFa game.
After Fathers' Day Sunday brunch at the golf club house we watched the
Nascar race and finished the day off with soccer.
Monday morning although cloudy was good golfing weather so we headed to the
golf course. It appears that the allergy season is starting to abate as John
was not sneezing nearly as badly as after our last Wednesday game. After lunch
we turned on the Nigeria vs Iran soccer game and John headed up to the office to
use their WI-fi to update our phone app's. It has been notifying us that it has apps to update, most of the from Google since the phone has an Android operating system.
Tuesday was a great day weather wise, a perfect day to wash windows. After
lunch we golfed another 9 holes.
Wednesday was a dull and showery day, although there were dry breaks which
allowed us time to pack up some of our stuff in preparation for Thursday.
Cloudy
Wednesday was the precursor to Thursday which was rainy moving day, but we managed to get all set up in Oyen's RCMP Centennial Campground.
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