June 26th, 2007
Hi all. I’m at the public library in Winnipeg, using up my fifteen minutes on the public access computers to let you know we are alive and well, despite the best efforts of that horrible province, Saskatchewan. Hoo nelly will I have rotten things to say about them when I get home!
For now, I’ll just say we’re having a blast. We just got back to the city after four days at our friend’s cabin on a lake. The third night there, we had the most spectacular lightning storm you can imagine. It lasted about 90 minutes and I estimate there were close to a thousand lightning strikes in that time. There were times when we were seeing two or even three flashes of sheet lightning in one second! It totally blew me away (figuratively). I’ve never seen such a stunning display of nature. Truly, it was awesome. Especially the part where Husband scuttled back to the cabin when some bolts hit a bit closer to us than he thought they would (he was out on the dock for best views, while I was inside fretting about whether he was going to get fried).
Winnipeg has been surprisingly beautiful and interesting. The only major downside is that apparently every mosquito on planet Earth is here and out for blood, and as a result I look like I have smallpox. I’m so itchy. Of course the more you scratch the more it itches, but so far that hasn’t stopped me. Scratch scratch!
Sorry to hear about the mosquitos, but I seem to recall warning you about those.
(the first mosquito bite I ever got was in that neck of the woods, and apparently I screamed like the thing was Dracula himself)
So when are you back? I’m organizing poker at my place on the patio on Canada Day! Will “husband” be available?
We are back, and he is available. . .