Well. Saturday was a great, great day, despite the spattering of rain during the fireworks. Bonnie and I got up "early" to see the RCMP Musical Ride - we made it there by 10:30 just in time to be about a hundred metres back - behind a thousand other people who have a different conception of early. We didn't actually see the show - we had to rely on the massive video screens at various places. Still, it was interesting to be there - especially when we realized that we didn't need to see the horses to smell them. There were a lot of obnoxious people about, and we couldn't stay there long. We watched the PM and GG come in and then the Snowbirds flew over top - so low I felt as though I could touch them if only I reached. Not really, but they flew pretty low. And they patched one of the pilots into the PA system so he could say "Happy Birthday Canada!" as they flew overhead. Such pride in the Snowbirds!!
We then walked around downtown for the rest of the day, after stopping at a pub to watch England lose in a shootout. The pub, located directly across from Parliament Hill, charged $2 for water!! We were appalled. They also asked for payment up front, which is a little more understandable. At about five, we went to the Canal to curl up under a tree and take a nap. Then we met some friends from Bonnie's class and went for supper before heading over to see the 'works. We managed to see the band Stars, but we couldn't get close enough to hear them, oddly. They were the last act on the main stage, a hefty honour if I say so myself, yet the lead singer chose that occasion to protest our gov't. He wore a shirt (pretty clever, actually) that read "Harper's Bizarre". I'm all for free speech and he is certainly within his rights to express himself, but I also feel that class and respect count for something. Call me old fashioned (Scott, I know you will). Then the fireworks. Like I said, it rained a little, but that did not dampen our spirits. The show was impressive - going for what seemed like an eternity but was actually only 12 minutes. That's a lot of fireworks. It was a show befitting the National Capital, to say the least. We managed to wrangle ourselves out of the crowd and made it home by 11:30. And then straight to sleep. We were bushed. What a great way to spend Canada Day!
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I was thinking about you guys on Canada Day, imagining how much more fun it would be to see parades in the capital than to unload boxes. I am also a bit jealous of the fireworks. Apparently Edmonton has the second largest budget in the country for Canada Day fireworks, but judging by the Fort Sask. display, I'm guessing that doesn't extend outside the city.
We did, however, have quite a bit of excitement a little later that night when some drunken kids set off the fire alarm. And let me tell you, it wasn't just any old fire alarm. It was an urgent and ear splitting beep beep beep complete with a flashing pale blue light inside our very apartment that went on for at least 15 minutes. It actually looked and felt like the sinking of the Titanic when all the lights start sparking at the end. Finally the cops showed up and busted some ass, so all in all it was a very exciting evening.
Come home soon guys! I can't wait to see you both!
Actually, Garry, I'm with you on that one. Politizing everything in music is annoying, and using the Canada Day stage to "protest" Stephen Harper is seriously lacking in class.
Yeah, I have a little less respect for Stars as a result. Have you heard the news re: "Canada's disgrace?" Apparently the police have identified the three males who so famously defiled the National War Monument. Go justice!
I was going to turn you in!
Shouldn't you be blogging now that you're alone in the house?
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