So! I haven't posted in almost two weeks and the big reason for that is because I've been away from home! Out of province! GONE! Too bad I'm back already. I mentioned it in previous posts, but on Thursday the 16th, I left Ottawa to go to Edmonton, Alberta. I was tired because I had gone to see KISS at the Bluesfest the night before and come home late, but that didn't stop me. I'd never been on a plane before in my life so this was a whole new experience for me.
( Read more... )I arrived at the Edmonton Airport at 11am Thursday morning with the sun shining. A good start to my first time outside of Ontario or the little area of Québec I've ever been to. My friend Nat came to pick me up, and after running some errands and packing a last few things, she drove me out to Drayton Valley. There I met up with my friend Jesse and we set up camp and I spent the next three nights out there at
Motion Notion. Nat came back Friday evening because she'd had to work that day, and then Saturday her boyfriend joined us too. It was an absolutely amazing experience. The music was great, the vibe amazing, everybody was friendly. It was... something I will look back on fondly for the rest of my life. If I can, I am totally going back again next year.
Nat and I driving through Edmonton.
Matt, Myles and Jesse at our campsite.
Justin and Tara.
A fairy who wandered by our camp!
Two rainbows on Saturday afternoon.
The beach stage.
The beach again. I got a sunburn sitting out on the water like that.
My friend Nat and I at the beach.
People dancing at the beach!
Nat got a
really bad sun burn on Saturday too.
The Main Stage at night.
People dancing at the Main Stage.
The Main Stage again.
Psychedelic art!
More Psychedelic art!
Blacklit stuff is awesome!
Short fire video.
Firedancers Saturday night.
More firedancing.
This is actually a flaming hoola-hoop. And she's topless. Crazy!
And sadly, fields as we left on Sunday...
Nat and I singing on the way back to Edmonton. Save a horse, ride a cowboy!
When we got back to Nat's apartment on Sunday, she and I were both very happy to be able to take a nice shower. I took mine mostly cold because my sunburn was pretty sensitive at the time haha... That evening, as it was too late to go out and do anything after having unpacked and whatnot, we had supper and I made some cheesecake squares. Yes. I went all the way out to Alberta and still did some baking.
The cheesecake squares!
I spent most of my last three days there with Jesse. Nat was working from 9am-6pm everyday and he offered to take me around the town, so I didn't argue at the offer of company. Because her apartment was ridiculously sweltering hot, he and I just got a hotel room for the rest of my stay there. We walked down Whyte Avenue visiting shops, wandered around the West Edmonton Mall and visited the Telus World of Science museum.
In the West Edmonton Mall.
Fishy in an aquarium at the mall.
Lion fish!
Another fishy!
An awesome huge turtle in their underground grotto area at the mall.
Penguins!
"Wings" at the Leonardo da Vinci exhibit at the museum.
My friend Jesse and a strange flying machine.
What basically equates to a 'vehicle' that can move around on its own, without a driver.
It was supposed to move stage props for plays, apparently.
Anyhow... I left early (and I mean early! 8am flight!) Thursday morning on the 23rd and came home to Ottawa. I really didn't want to leave. I was having far too wonderful a time out there. But all good things must come to an end I suppose. I've only been home about 36 hours but my trip to Alberta already seems unreal, ages away.
I came home to find that four of my tarantulas had molted while I was away. Thor, Hunter, Nyx and Dima all molted while I was away. I'm a little jealous because my friend Tina - who was wonderful enough to come check on all the animals while I was away - witnessed both Thor and Hunter's molting. I've yet to see any of them molt myself. I'm going to have to get Thor a new container though, he's far too big for his current one now that he's molted again.
Here is Thor running around on my arm today.
And Pumpkin eating a juicy cricket earlier today.
And here a video of Thor running up and down my arms!
There... now I believe that's everything for the moment. I start work again on Monday (totally not looking forward to that let me tell ya) and then on Friday the 31st I head up to Sturgeon for the long weekend. I take a driving test on Tuesday, and hopefully I pass. If I do, I'll be driving a car home!
But, it's late, and I'm going to do a bit of reading - Fight Club, suggested by my friend Jesse - and then get to bed. Cheers!
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