Vacation : Day 1 - 6 (Canada)

Vacation, I'm on vacation. Well actually I'm home. And it's not really vacation but it is Christmas so at least I get presents. This is my first christmas back in Edmonton in 5 years and unfortunately the busiest! After my delayed flight from London, I had already logged 17 hours of travel time (including the delay in Chicago which is where I had a veggie burger beside a sound technician from the Blue Man Group).

My first day home, after my first taste of potato and onion perogies in 12 months, we packed up shop and headed 2.5 hours south to Olds to spend Christmas day with my Step-Dad's family. Not only did we stay in a flashy motel...




But we also had a big ol' family sing-a-long (and they let me try my hand at the guitar...I found out I am not so good at it after having my wine glass topped up the entire night). The next day we went back on the road and made it back to Edmonton in one piece (yay!) and then headed out almost immediately to Sherwood Park for Boxing Day with the Urness's (my mom's side) which is another 45 minute drive each way. Day 4 in the race across Alberta, my sis and I heading south again but this time to Rimby, the pokey little town my Grandma and Grandpa live in. Not only did we get a lovely visit but we got snow and lots of it. Just what you want to have when you have to drive 1.5 hours back on a secondary highway. After a little help from our dad (who was an expert at scraping off the car)...



we headed home at 60 kph and passed many a car in the ditch. The days that followed included meeting babies, visiting my aunt, shopping for a cool new camera just like my sister's and eating carbs. Being on the road so much is not a great thing for anti-vegan Alberta. I never want to eat crisps again!

Hours travelled (Day 1-6): 26.5
Perogies eaten : 40 +
Relatives visited : Too many :)