Much of what we do on a daily basis is repetitive so I don't want to bore you anymore than I may have done already. Therefore I will just give the Date and any high lights;
1 Feb Wed... Every "weekday " morning Carroll goes to Agua-Sizes so that is the last that I will mention that unless someone "drowns " in 4 feet of water. In the afternoon we were paid a visit by Bob Crow from Coruna , ON ( near Sarnia ). We dropped in on Bob a week ago and left a card since he was not home. We first met Bob and Nancy in 1999, however, Nancy died 3 years ago. Bob is hosting a Happy Hour for us "Originals " couples who met in 1999 at Winter Ranch.
2 Feb Thursday... We were invited to Happy Hour and Supper from our friend , Terry who also lives in Medicine Hat.
3 Feb Friday... The day started out Foggy and there was a mist most of the Day. In the afternoon we did get a shower and then during the night it rain most of the early morning.
In the afternoon, we went to the show with our friends, the Nahacheskis.
The show " The Founder " was showing , which for those who have not seen it; it is about Ray Kroc and how he started MacDonald's. We really enjoyed it and strongly recommend it.
The show got out at 6;30 so of course it was supper time and we went to Applebee's because Holly had coupons that got us a 6 oz steak dinner for 10.00. Hey, we are Seniors and coupons are like Gold to us. As a Bonus, the manager gave us the coupons back and told us we could use them anytime between now and the end of April.
4 Feb Saturday... It rained during the early morning but cleared up in the afternoon. We had planned to go to the Kite Festival at South Padre Island, an hour east of here but we already had tickets to a supper at the Park starting a 4:30 so we decided to re-schedule SPI to Sunday.
The supper is called "The Swan River Supper" as you may have guessed it is put on by people from Swan River, MB and is an annual affair. Apparently , people from Swan River started this Park as an Owners Park and is run as a CO-OP where the owners are Share Holders. The Rec hall has a capacity of 350 and they sold every ticket. After the dinner they have held some Horse Races but the Maple Leaf were on TV so I went home to watch them beat Boston.
5 Feb Sunday... We went to the Kite Festival in South Padre Island with the Nahacheskis. Unfortunately The Kite Festival was on Saturday only but there were about 50 people flying Kites or better still most people were "trying " to fly Kites.
One guy was sort of the "Lone Wolf Kite Flyer " so I went over an drummed up a conversation . As it turns out he is a so called Professional and he is also the President of the Kite Flyers in 5 states. I doubt that is a paid position but I did not ask. He pointed out that a World Champion Kite Flyer was teaching about 25 people how to fly a Kite or better still how to do Acrobatics and how to land a 100.00 kite without destroying it. There were many hard landing. Incidentally he charges 50.00 a person
This guy insisted that Carroll fly his Kite and he showed her how easy it was to control it . His kite cost 40.00 and was practically unbreakable. However, he has not seen our G/Kids in action.
We took a lunch with us so we brought out the chair and enjoyed the Kite show which we munch on lunch and a beer. One guy was doing acrobatic with 2 kites at once, with one kite in each hand. He had about 200 feet of tail on the kites which gives him better control. It was amazing how he could control the kites.
They also did some Team flying with 5 guys and it is much like an air show like the Snowbirds. Who knew that Kites were this interesting.
We went for supper at the Pirates Cove and returned home to watch the super Bowl . I was cheering for Atlanta. However, since the Oilers beat Montreal and Koe beat Jacob's in the skins game , I'm 2 of of 3. Cheers.
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