Birthday brunch

Had a nice BBQ with lots of family yesterday p.m. and chatted with the neighbours till late. Learned all sorts of history of Prince Albert. It was settled in the 1880s and was was perhaps 20,000 souls as it grew with the regular birth rate, then grew exponentially with the pulp & paper industry arriving about 50 yrs ago. Now the city is about 45,000 and the construction is really booming with all the infrastructure being built. So it's sure a busy place. Nice to learn about the roots. We discovered Prince Albert is famous for...its many prisons. Hmm.

This morning I've been celebrating my birthday big time and it's not even noon time yet. We were taken out to the local Golf Club for the Sunday brunch and it was fantastik!!! If I'd run begin the car on the way home I might have been able to zip up my jacket (yes the winter one I brought which was an excellent idea) without pain. There was every kind of fruit, cheese, bread, croissants, roast beef, omelets to order, perogies, cabbage rolls, meatballs, stew, garlic potatoes, baby carrots, eggs benedict, bacon, sausages, pancakes, hash browns, soup, cinnamon rolls, chocolate torte, strawberries with whipped cream, bread pudding, multiple squares, and much more which I can't even remember. What a wonderful spread. We had gotten there early which was great as it started to fill up by 11 or so. Beautiful views of the golf course with the trees in color, flowers etc. and ice surface for curling go in on the other side. What a great spot.

Off to waddle to the rental car for the return trip to Alberta. Have an alternate route courtesy of the PA neighbour who's lived here all his life and swears it'll take only 6 hrs instead of 8 and a different view. So lots of excitement. Later from the land of the prairie chickens.