Week ending Jun 29, 2017 Edmonton to Rimbey

Friday  we did a walk along the river valley in Edmonton in Buena Vista Park.    

Bridge from Buena Vista to Hawrelak Parks

White Admiral Butterfly

After lunch, we visited with Fern and George, who are both looking well.  The we had supper at Joan and Alf's. 

On the way back to the trailer, at the road leading to the RV park, we had to go around a truck which had flipped on its side.  The back of the truck was right up against the traffic lights pole.

Oops!

Saturday after lunch we stopped in to visit with Mom and Dad for a while, Then we drove to Lamont for the Perogy Festival.   We were hoping we could buy a variety of perogies to take home.  However, from 1 to 4, you could buy a plate perogies for $10, and from 5 to 7 there would be a perogy supper.   There was an area in the arena that had arts and crafts vendors, and outside was a small amusement park.  We were a bit disappointed, although  the town's description of the event  didn't promise anything more. 

Sunday was golf day.   John enjoyed a day with Buncha, Kit and Alex.   We went for supper with Annie and Buncha and caught up with events since last May.

Monday we visited with Mom and Dad, then did some shopping.  

Wednesday morning we headed down highway 2 towards Rimbey.  We had decided to stop in Ponoka for a break before heading west on highway 53, but Joan forgot and took the turn west to Rimbey instead.   It would have been about halfway to Rimbey before there was a good place to turn around, so we stopped at the FasGas in Crestomere, where we got some cinnamon snacks and coffee.   When we arrived at the Nesting Place RV Park in Rimbey, we parked near the entrance to look around for a good site.  We encountered the couple who are volunteering here, and had a chat with them before choosing a site and getting settled in.  One thing we found out is that they have set up a system for there wi-fi to be able to monitor bandwidth usage for each site, since some of the workers staying here had been streaming movies.

On Thursday we did a walk around Rimbey.  We headed to the Visitor Information at Beatty House where we picked up some literature,

Beatty House

then walked up the main street toward Pas-ka-poo Historic Park.  Along the way, we saw a house with the name Leon and Betty.  John had roomed with the family to finish Grade 12 when his Dad got a job working up north.  He knew they had moved to Rimbey shortly after that.   We rang the door bell, and Leon answered.   We had a nice chat at the door.   Then we continued up to the park, which is a series of museums, including the Smithson International Truck Museum, which also has a visitor centre.   There was no one at the desk, so we picked up a couple more items.  There were people chatting inside the museum, but no one came to the door, so we left. 

Wood Sculptures at Pas-ka-poo Park

We walked back to main street, and walked the 3 blocks along one side, then back on the other.   Then we picked up some groceries at Co-op before returning to the RV park.