Today we traveled through the rest
of Manitoba, all the way through Saskatchewan.
We haven’t made it to Alberta, but we will tomorrow. When we were in Minneapolis, we had planned
to enter Canada through North Dakota.
However, when we called for campground reservations, we were told the
campgrounds had been evacuated because of flood water due to come that very
day. At first, we decided to sit it out
and wait for the water to go away, but it was then we got news of my niece’s
passing and our plans changed.
We are now in the part of the
country where the flooding took place. I
think we would have been in deep dodo if we had tried to drive through this
area at the time of the floods. All the
fields are still filled with water. And,
it has been raining for the past couple of hours. Yes, we had some rough spots in a re-routed
trip, but at least we weren’t in floods.
This morning, we saw a bear dead on
the side of the road and a deer (also dead) in the grill of a car down in a
ditch. Richard said it still counts as
spotting wildlife. I’m not so sure. J
Tomorrow we will be back in the
Canadian Provinces and Territories Richard and I are most familiar with and
love. Our first stop will be in
Edmonton, Alberta where we will probably spend two days roaming the West
Edmonton Mall. We’ve visited this place
a couple of times, and it was with the image of this mall that I wanted to go
to Mall of America in Minneapolis so badly.
That mall had many very nice stores, but I was disappointed that I could
go in Jacksonville to almost any of those stores.
The Edmonton Mall left a mark on my
brain. I’m not much of a shopper, but
the closer we get to that massive place the more I feel an adrenalin rush
surging through my body. Must shop. Must shop.
Must shop.
It the largest shopping and
entertainment center in North America and the Province of Alberta’s #1
attraction. It has over 800 stores and
services, 100 eating establishments, 2 hotels and 10 theme park
attractions. There is an enormous indoor
water park with man-made waves for surfing; a full-scale amusement park; an ice
skating rink; 2 18-hole miniature golf courses; bowling, billiards, and bingo;
bumper boats; a sea lion show and underground aquarium at Sea Life
Caverns. Also located in the mall are
Palace Casino, Jubilations Dinner Theatre and the IMAX 3D theater.
One of the unique stores I fell in
love with was an Oriental market with any food you could name, and some I’d never
heard of. They had instructions on how
to cook everything. Very
interesting. I’ll take lots of pictures
for tomorrow night’s blog. And, Richard said he'd take pictures of me surfing and ice skating. He is soooo funny!!!
Until next time,
Dolores
I was analyzing Richard's call on seeing wild life --- it was wild, but since it's dead doesn't that make it still life?
ReplyDeleteHave fun shopping - and take a ride in the water park for me. I love playing in water. The miniature golf would be enjoyable as well. Lots of photos please! Especially on the water slide.
LOL Skye, good point. A friend of mine told me not to get hurt surfing. I told her it wasn't the surfing that worried me, it was keeping my bikini on. LOL
ReplyDeleteOMG I love the Edmonton Mall. Isn't it like the largest ever? At least it was when we were there. You could spend two days just in the mall itself. LOL And tell Richard there is wildlife in the mall (just not bear or deer).
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you're FINALLY enjoying your vacation.
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