West Edmonton Mall Waterpark!

This past Family Day weekend Lisa & I went to the West Edmonton Mall Waterpark. We spent over six hours in it just going on waterslides and playing in the wave pool. The wave pool (in the foreground) turned out to be a lot more fun than we thought. We rented tubes so we could join in the carnage when the waves come. One time I ended up behind Lisa when I started in front of her! (Oh and by the way - we didn't take our camera with us - this is just a picture I got from the internet.)

We went on all the slides that were open - some were closed due to renovations but it meant $18 rather than $30 admission (each). The red one was open. We built up our nerve all day to go on it until finally i said - nope, not going on it. Lisa said yup, I'm gonna do it. On our way up to the purple one I accidentally continued up to the red one. So i thought i'd at least look at what it looked like from up there. After about 5 mins i finally decided to go for it. Funny thing was there were no lines for that one so we just got on and went. It was the fasted ride i've ever been on! Lots of fun! And by the way - its a 100' drop. its hard to see from the picture but you go nearly straight down for the first 50' Imagine a 45 degree angle and then cut that in half.

Travelling to Idaho

I was gone to the University of Idaho Potato Conference last week in Pocatello, ID. It was a long drive - about 900km - but it was beautiful for most of it. For about 500kms you drive through the mountains. The road conditions were pretty good considering that they are mountain passes. Here are a few pictures I got on the road. You'll note that for some I pulled off the road to take while others I did not. However - I have a mini-tripod that I put the camera on and duct-taped it to the dash so taking pictures was no harder than changing the radio station - just turn on and hit the shutter button.

Auberge Brown

I was up in Old, AB (45mins north of Calgary) for the week taking a Certified Crop Adviser Course at Olds College. I chose to stay in a Bed & Breakfast nearby the college. It was amazing. I could walk to classes everyday and walk downtown at night for supper. And of course I got gourmet breakfast every morning. It was only $60 per night compared to about $100 per night at the local motels. The house is about 100 years old and it feels like you are stepping back in time staying there. The key to my room was an old skeleton key! How cool is that? I have a few pictures below of my room. They have some more on their website. If you are ever in the area I highly recommend it.

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