Bali Bound

So now that Terry is here in Canada we are finding random Canadian things to do.  It still amuses me that with 8 hours driving you have multiple options of countries to visit in the UK.  Here we have 2 provinces to visit. South Saskatchewan river cruise in Saskatoon We have been busy this summer closer to home.  We went in July to Saskatchewan for a tour to Saskatoon and Regina.  New places for Terry and mostly for me.  I've been through Saskatoon for years visiting family but we have never actually toured around so it was a nice change.  We went for a boat cruise on the South Saskatche wan River which was lovely to see the city from.  We had fabulous weather and found a lot to see.  We made it down to Regina and toured the parliament building and visited the RCMP training facility. On our way back we spotted a beaver.  We cruised through Elk Island National Park and had a good day of finding lots of animals!  The beaver ran a...

What a surreal day!  It was a magical day.  So many polar bears!   I'm not sure where to start.  Well, Air North is an awesome airline to fly with.  I've never been on a flight where the flight attendants were actually approachable and excited to be on the plane.  Maybe it helped that while we were out touring they also got to go on a Polar Bear tour. All day, the entire group we interacted with (the tour company people and all the drivers) for the trip was enthusiastic and more thankful that we chose to come along and make it possible, than us tourists were excited to be coming along.  I was impressed.  They were all waiting to help us check in and answer any questions.  And shook our hands and thanked us for coming when we got off the plane in Edmonton.  Maybe it's a Canadian thing but they were so, so, so excited!  It also felt like the entire town of Churchill was excited for us to come and visit!  Check out Class...