Camping

May Long Weekend. The official kick-off to summer. I went camping, as all good Albertans should do on May Long. Mmmmm... yes, it was delicious. Sunshine, mountains, rain, waterfalls, campfires, lawn chairs, tents.....


I am still mourning the loss of Calgary in the Cup contention. Whilest camping, I came upon a band of Calgary fans that were drowning their sorrows in beer. I happened upon them while looking for a misplaced friend and decided to stay as I had something immediate in common with them. The Calgary Flames. One loyal fan had been to every play off game against Anaheim, home and away. He looked down into the fire as he recounted his pledges of loyalty, barely holding himself together. (though, I had suspicions that it was due to his loyalty to something else entirely...beer worship)

Good Bye Calgary. You let us down.
Thank you Edmonton for beating Anaheim in the first two games. I shall be watching to see if you can do what Calgary failed to do. Beat Anaheim! I hate Anaheim for what they have done. I really wanted a battle of Alberta. Who knows what would have happend. The only sure thing is that the tensions and hatred between cities would have flared. Oil and fire. What a gross combination. Who would have survived? This weekend we burned wood that had been soaked in oil. The smoke was black. But the fire defintely won out. The oil-stained wood was decimated.

I have to watch Edmonton though and even cheer them on. I am from Lethbridge where you are allowed to choose your favourite team. I do choose Calgary over Edmonton, but seeing an Albertan team succeed is pretty exciting. I do not feel like I am betraying the Flames. I am not from Calgary. Some might say that this is band-wagon hopping, but I am a hockey fan. I love to watch this game and want to see Canada take the cup home.


Living close to Whyte ave made me a little bit inclined to want to go and join the party after game 6 against San Jose. SO I dragged Jenna along Whyte Ave and we walked up and back down high fiving everyone as we went. Jenna was a little scared. Karen and Sherri told us to take a knife. But we went unarmed. I did make Jenna change out of a purple shirt. Anaheim likes the colour purple and I did not want anyone to misconstrue us for Anaheim fans. We were home by 11pm. Probably the only two people that went home that early.


Good night.

-A