Canada Day in Jasper

Left Lost

In case you are wondering about the title of this entry, it means Left is Lost. We have a self-acclaimed Super-Packer in the family and that's none other than my dear husband. He disapproves my style of packing which is last minute, slow and detailed. Too detailed for him. So he took upon the great task of packing during vacation. Unpacking which to him is boring is back to moi. Bluek. After 10 looooong days in Orlando and tonnes of soiled laundry to pack, he did what he did best. We had a carseat, a stroller, 2 hard cases, 1 trolley bag, 1 hand carry and a diaper bag. As one would know that USA regulation states that unless travellers have a TSA lock on the luggage, they are not allowed to lock their luggages to facilitate inspections. And the trolley bag didn't have one. It was left unlocked. Because the bag is a soft zipper type bag it's not hard for things to fall out. So before we rolled the bags into luggage belt, I reminded SP (Super-Packer) to lock the luggage regardless cos I saw the bag so fat and felt something amiss. He didn't give me any reply. Result : Isaac's brand new Timberland snow boots fell out. Just the left boot. Upset habis! We called the airports and airlines and even went to the airport to lodge a report. Unfortunately they were no one at the Delta office at that time. Arrrggghhh!! So now we are left with a right boot. I may want to frame it up to honour SP.

*Anyway SP felt sorry and got his colleague who went to Orlando for Raya hols to get us a new pair. I haven't seen them yet but they are somewhere in Calgary. Both left and right.

Sylvan Lake

It was forecasted to be the hottest summer day so far. We started our 2hr drive on Saturday morning at 10. We quickly checked-in to the dodgiest inn in history called Edgewater Inn at CAD100 a nite without ABF and headed to the lake before the entire place was occupied. It was so full of people sun-bathing, BBQ-ing, reading, frisbeeing, eating, laughing or just snoozing. After hurridly looking for a shaded spot, we parked ourselves under a tree with dog on the right side and another dog at the back with a BBQ pit at work. No choice. We just laid the tikar we just bought at the summer store across the road and all the BBQ essentials. I reckon the store must be earning big bucks! I was in charged of food and grilled up some yummy food like chicken wings, shrimps, salmon, sausages, bacon and asparagus. It wasn't as hot as forecasted. But the water in the lake was too cold for even a dip. So the float we got for Isaac basically was used on dry land. He had a blast of a time, digging sand with his lil hand, walking here and there, blowing bubbles and admiring those two huge dogs. Did I ever mention that my son is a dog-lover? So unlike me and his Daddy. After a while the lil pumpkin took a nap under the shaded tree in my arms. We too took the oppurtunity to gaze into the universe, lost in our very own thoughts about anything, everything. We packed up at 5pm and left to the dodgy Inn to freshen up. Me on the other hand watched Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone on VCR in the room. I forgot i need to rewind the tape before watching! How ancient is this town! We took a stroll around the lil town and had dinner in ChaDua Vietnamese Restaurant. It was a breezy breezy afternoon. It was blissful.