The “Tried To Get It Out Of Our System” Tour 2009 – Conclusion (and clearly we got NOTHING out of our system) - Day Four (and one-quarter) – Winnipeg

“And now,

The End Is Near,

So we face, the final curtain…”

Something like that – my memory isn’t what it used to be… Bottom line, our travels are over, and now we wing back to Calgary, where my sister will be stopping by for a visit, as we missed her while we were here.

Yesterday, it was a day spent at my ancestral family homestead – if ancestral can be accurately employed when describing the typical war-time two-storey home so prevalent in the neighborhood where I grew up. Whatever, it seems ancestral to me.

A fine afternoon of visiting, and BBQ. Nothing says summer in Canada like an afternoon spent inhaling singed beef fumes, and fending off mosquitoes the size of sparrows. It was a pleasing, relaxing end to the formal part of our travels. Plus I learned a whack of computer and cell phone tips from my niece, which is always a side benefit to someone that was weaned on rotary-dial telephones, and knows about as much computer technology as Popeye. There are times (like last night) when I watch someone youthful on a piece of modern technology, and can’t help but feel that maybe I SHOULD have read one or two of those owner’s manuals over the years…

Soon, we check out, grab lunch, and hope to see a few last familiar faces before we depart.

Grudgingly…

Chow for now!