Toon Town, Day 1
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hislittlekitty on the way out. We had an uneventful drive out. It takes about 6-7 hours to drive from Calgary to Saskatoon. Along the way, I observed a few odd things.
1) Between Drumheller and the Alberta/Saskatchewan border is something called Special Area #3. Anyone know what makes it so special? Looks like more prairie to me.
2) There was a nature reserve that had a number of posts with solar panels on the top. What were they? Were they measuring something (number of deer crossing the road perhaps)?
3) I was in a province full of Saskatchewan drivers! One nearly got creamed trying to pass my car. I'm driving down the highway and I see this guy coming up behind me at high speed (like 140 K). Clearly he's going to want to pass me. Too bad I think - there's oncoming traffic so he's stuck behind me. Nope, he pulls into the oncoming lane and passes me anyway, while a car is coming straight for him. I had to hit the breaks to give him room to pull over. He missed the other car by something like a car length - and at that speed a car length is less then a second leeway.
Why he did it I have no idea. Thought the guy two minutes later also passed me at about 140 (he waited for a safe time to do so). Maybe they were having some kind of race. First one to the grave wins!
We reached Saskatoon then immediately went south of the city to a military base where the archery competition was.
We met assorted Myrgan Wood archers and had a pretty good time. I myself was on fire shooting. I don't think I've ever shot this well at a tournament. I can't wait until tomorrow to see how well I did. Of the people who shot tonight I did the best though. Tomorrow is another crop of archers though and any of them could do better. We shall see though.
So coming out of archery, I was feeling pretty good. I was very confident that I would find a room at one of the local hotels.
As an aside, People were trying to scramble and find me some couch space. I did not want to do this because I was so confident in my hotel-finding karma.
We went back into town and I dropped K off at the house where her couch was. Then I went hunting for hotels.
Short version. There is several conventions in town as well as some kind of junior hockey tournament. There wasn't a room to be had in any of the central part of Saskatoon. I gave up after about six hotels. That's when I went to the boonies.
So here I am in the Westgate Inn, a motel on the western outskirts of town. It's pretty crappy, and the only room they had was a smoking room. It took about a half an hour for me to stop noticing the smell. Thankfully, it's no Rose Country Inn, and I'll have no trouble sleeping. In about five minutes. After I finish this post.
I have high hopes for tomorrow's event. Partly because it looks like a good event and a good feast. Plus it's Myrgan Wood, which is full of hotties.
hislittlekitty on the way out. We had an uneventful drive out. It takes about 6-7 hours to drive from Calgary to Saskatoon. Along the way, I observed a few odd things.1) Between Drumheller and the Alberta/Saskatchewan border is something called Special Area #3. Anyone know what makes it so special? Looks like more prairie to me.
2) There was a nature reserve that had a number of posts with solar panels on the top. What were they? Were they measuring something (number of deer crossing the road perhaps)?
3) I was in a province full of Saskatchewan drivers! One nearly got creamed trying to pass my car. I'm driving down the highway and I see this guy coming up behind me at high speed (like 140 K). Clearly he's going to want to pass me. Too bad I think - there's oncoming traffic so he's stuck behind me. Nope, he pulls into the oncoming lane and passes me anyway, while a car is coming straight for him. I had to hit the breaks to give him room to pull over. He missed the other car by something like a car length - and at that speed a car length is less then a second leeway.
Why he did it I have no idea. Thought the guy two minutes later also passed me at about 140 (he waited for a safe time to do so). Maybe they were having some kind of race. First one to the grave wins!
We reached Saskatoon then immediately went south of the city to a military base where the archery competition was.
We met assorted Myrgan Wood archers and had a pretty good time. I myself was on fire shooting. I don't think I've ever shot this well at a tournament. I can't wait until tomorrow to see how well I did. Of the people who shot tonight I did the best though. Tomorrow is another crop of archers though and any of them could do better. We shall see though.
So coming out of archery, I was feeling pretty good. I was very confident that I would find a room at one of the local hotels.
As an aside, People were trying to scramble and find me some couch space. I did not want to do this because I was so confident in my hotel-finding karma.
We went back into town and I dropped K off at the house where her couch was. Then I went hunting for hotels.
Short version. There is several conventions in town as well as some kind of junior hockey tournament. There wasn't a room to be had in any of the central part of Saskatoon. I gave up after about six hotels. That's when I went to the boonies.
So here I am in the Westgate Inn, a motel on the western outskirts of town. It's pretty crappy, and the only room they had was a smoking room. It took about a half an hour for me to stop noticing the smell. Thankfully, it's no Rose Country Inn, and I'll have no trouble sleeping. In about five minutes. After I finish this post.
I have high hopes for tomorrow's event. Partly because it looks like a good event and a good feast. Plus it's Myrgan Wood, which is full of hotties.
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Date: 2007-03-24 02:07 pm (UTC)Be afraid
Date: 2007-03-24 03:20 pm (UTC)Special Area #3 is Canada's answer to Area 51. Secret labs contain the results of genetic experiments on alien DNA. UFO's are reversed engineered to provide the government with high energy weapons and FTL starship technology. It's all revealed here: http://www.specialareas.ab.ca/
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Date: 2007-03-25 12:52 am (UTC)Re: special areas. You know, reading that link and the wikipedia entry - the information seems both obtuse and boring in a suspiciously contrived way. Weed control? Erosion prevention?... I totally buy the Area 51 scenario!
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Date: 2007-03-25 05:37 am (UTC)I do know a genetic researcher in the area. She says she's working with plants, but it could be anything really.