Friday, 23 March 2012

The Rest of Alberta and My Trip Back Home



Hey y'all! Still having a blast in the west! We left Calgary and headed north. We were out shopping and "road mom and dad" found a treat for me! Yum! I think that they just bought it for the name! Would have brought some home for holiday, but I couldn't get enough of it!

We went back to Stratford for a week. When we went for dinner at Kelly and Nolans' place I met another cool cowboy. Everyone, this is Geoffrey! He also came to Canada from Cuba! Wow, small world!


I asked if he could join me on the road but Mom said no. She said people were already wondering about me! I think they are too "hardon her"!


"Mom" and my other foster mom took me on a trip to an antique market. Git along little doggy!




 
For some reason, they thought a should pose with all these old knobs. I really don't get them sometimes.


I really wanted them to buy me this house. I feel so small and inadequate in the hotel rooms.



Can you find me on "The Ferry"?

                                                  I found this album for Geoffrey and I to listen to! Geoffrey called me "Rasta Ricky"!



Back at Papa Pete's house I tried my hand at "tickling the ivories"!

We took Papa Pete and Momma Hil out for Chineese dinner to thank them for having us. Hil really wanted some Cream of sum yung guy.

After dinner we went over to Jan and Vances place for drinkies and snacks. I loved the little cocktail weenies!
After a week in Stratford we flew back out west. This time mom let me ride in her carry on! I think that she is getting comfortable with me and who I am! She has finally started to introduce me to most of her road family. I feel that they all really like me! This makes me feel so tall and proud!

 
We flew back into Edmonton, AB. Mom and her friends took me to West Edmonton Mall. Wow what a place! Here is me in the food court with some guy with big buns!

We celebrated St. Paddy's Day at our hotel in Hinton, AB. They called me "Rick O Shea"!


The next day we drove to Jasper, AB. We stayed at the Jasper Lodge! Fancy, fancy, fancy!!!

Mom and I sat out on the back deck looking out at the mountains and 6 bull elk on the lake! This was so exciting that I felt myself move!

This was the view from our room! This was also our last day in Alberta. Cowboy land has been great! Giddy up! Will give you the "heads up"  and update y'all in BC. Love Ricky...xoxoxo










Thursday, 1 March 2012

Howdy Y'all! We are getting farther and farther west! I have been spending so much time outdoors exploring with "road mom" and friends that I finally got my winter coat!!!



We went on a side trip while in Medicine Hat. We visited a meat market!


 Very funny mom! It's cold in here! Get me out!
There are valleys called coulees! We went to one that had round red boulders called "Spheroids"! Sounds painful doesn't it?



This is just a small piece of one.
Apparently dinosaur bones and fossils are found in parts of Alberta. I wonder if he is older than me?
This is Pinto MacBean! Bow Island.
The trails through the coulee in Lethbridge had nice benches to rest on!


This is in the bottom of the coulee. There is a humungus train bridge going over the coulee and Old Man river.






They even had a playground with a rock climbing wall!



Mom and I went for a drive to a place called Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump. Ouch!





Another day, Mom and some relay friends took me to Canmore, AB. The drive towards the mountains was beautiful!


                                              Some of these photo ops are a little scary for me!
                            Mom and her friends think it's funny.






We found a great restaurant in Calgary!
                                    This is me and my road friends being udderly ridiculous!

That's all for now folks!
Keep it real,
Ricky