saturday.

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for a wee getaway we decided to pack up for the day and head to jasper for dinner.

because you can DO that from edmonton.

grrrr.

I was actually pretty excited, because as you know I L-O-V-E the mountains, and just can’t get enough of them, so any chance I can get to go for a ride through the mountains is a-ok with me.  (between you and me, secretly I think that dana thought that this would make up for her SPURNING my desire to go to jasper on my big move to vancouver, but she totally still owes me, all I got on this trip to jasper was crappy pizza and that doesn’t heal open festering wounds cut deep into your heart… ahem.)

so we hit the road…

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saturday.

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this summers big vacation included a trip to edmonton to transport dana and ashley’s kitties to their new home in edmonton.

it all started with a pick-up of said kitties at the pet kennel, and coercing them into a kitty carrier.

here you can see judith and herbie peeking out of their carrier at the hamilton airport, preparing for their flight…

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tuesday.

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we’re off to prince edward county again!

after philip spent a week here in welland (poor guy), we jumped in the car and drove east for our second trip to the picton area, except this time for a whole weekend.  we met up with his brother and sister, and their significant others for wining and dining and a nice tour of the island.

here’s another view of the ferry…

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wednesday.

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last week involved a LOT of travel.

I started out from welland.

headed to kingston to drop off tashie.

then to montreal to visit philip.

then to ottawa to visit heather.

then to kemptville for the week for a course.

then back to ottawa to see heather and pascale et michel.

then back to montreal to enjoy my birthday long weekend.

then kingston to visit mom and dad and pick up the doggie.

and back to welland.

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along the way, over the course of two weeks, I got to see some pretty beautiful skies.  and now that I download them, I notice are all also very similar.  must be this time of year…

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monday.

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a couple of weeks back, in june, philip asked if I’d like to go to burlington.

and it turned out that no, he didn’t mean burlington ontario.

so come on along on our little weekend trip to burlington, vermont!

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