Evan and Grampa
I just spent 10 fun days in Ontario and returned home to find our community ravaged by a severe storm with 100 mile an hour winds. I left Ryan and Sally’s house at 1 pm to catch a 4pm flight on Tuesday which was suppose to land in Saskatoon at 5:20pm. Unfortunately, we flew into the storm which was hovering around Saskatoon, circled for 20 minutes before the pilot decided to get the hell outa here and head for Edmonton. I have never been on a plane which dropped so far so fast and shifted sideways so far. It was really quite scary.
Tree down and broken fence
To add to the ‘adventure’, a lot of people got sick due to the sudden shifts in the plane, including the 13 month old girl and young mother seated next to me. I helped clean up as much as possible but the mom was covered in puke when Morgan threw up all over her front and down her blouse. The flight attendants wouldn’t let anyone get out of their seats so there wasn’t much we could do. Then other passengers started using their barf bags and another little girl in the seat directly in front of me let loose her stomach and it was oh so smelly that the guy sitting next to them also got sick.
Our family of Wrens survived the storm in their nice house outside our kitchen window
In Edmonton we were asked to leave the plane so they could clean up the mess. A few hours later, we got back on and flew to Saskatoon where the storm had passed. I arrived at 11:30pm but was glad to be safely home.
Evan starts Karate too
At our house, we lost a huge limb from a poplar tree which took out a section of our fence. Our yard was covered in branches of all sizes. In true Saskatchewan style, a group of high school students and some adults came around with rakes, bobcats, and trailers to haul away the debris. The town opened up the land fill site to accommodate everyone. We were also without our telephone for three days when one big branch took out the wires. Fortunately, it just missed the power line.
My vegetable garden also survived the storm
That said, I had a great time in Ontario visiting friends. I went to attend a meeting at Seneca but took some extra time to tour around. First (and last) stops were with Ryan and Sally and Evan. Evan has grown so much and is now talking a lot. He is so sweet and the spitting image of how Ryan looked when he was the same age. Ryan has started back at Karate which he did back when he was in high school and University. He has set up a “karate gym” in his garage.
Ryan’s Karate Gym
I spent time with Darryl, Lisa, Bradley and Britney before having an evening (with dinner) at Rob and Kelly’s. Next night, Paul and I went to the Casino for dinner and a bit of easy money. Actually, I ended up winning $383.00.
Marilyn has been working on a huge flower garden
On the Friday, Amy and I went to her cottage on Bear lake. Jeremy came after work and Doreen arrived on Saturday. It was two days of glorious weather before a rainy day on Sunday before returning on Monday.
I didn’t take many pictures during my visit to Ontario but here are a few left on my camera.
Marilyn did some crafts with Julian in Japan
Would you trust this flight crew?
Makiko and Marilyn in matching tops from Costa Rica
