Monday, July 15, 2013

Day 31


Day 31, July 14 – Sunday

Chetwynd is known for its chainsaw wood carving contest in the second week in June.  This is the event we had just missed a week late on our way north so we decided to come back on our way south and look at the sculptured pieces.  There are 130 plus sculptures which have been distributed around the city.  They are placed at businesses and parks and the city had developed a map with pictures of each sculpture and either walking or driving directions.  They still have sculptures on the main highway to draw visitors attention, which it does, for you see, we are back. 

I believe June and Anna have taken all the pictures of the wooden sculptures.  Anna said she will give a presentation on her trip at her church but she is only allowed 3 minutes.  THIS WILL BE AN IMPOSSIBLE FEAT.  There is NO WAY Anna can do that.  However, Anna has Plan B.  Plan B will be to have the pictures all printed and everyone can view the pictures and ask her questions.  I see Anna spending one hour at least explaining the pictures.   It may take several years to explain all the pictures.  Anna is having a great time. 

Let me tell you about our dinner plans.  When we reach our day destination, sometimes the question will be, what do you (John, Anna, Conne, June) want to eat?  And usually the answer has been, I don’t know.  One person in our group is always on the lookout for Golden Corral Buffet, another person maybe looking for fried chicken and the other two are just puzzled at the question.  Well in Chetwynd we saw a sign that said “Buffet” Friday and Saturday, 5:00pm – 9:00pm.  The time was 4:30pm so we had ½ hour to kill or wait.  So we went chainsaw sculpture sighting.  After a while, we decided it was at least 5:00pm so we went back toward the restaurant.  We found another restaurant on the way and decided to look at their menu before we decided to eat.  We went next to the Buffet Restaurant and compared the two menus.  The choice was given and no one wanted to make the call, so we flipped an imaginary coin and the restaurant that won was NOT the Buffet one.  Needless to say, someone had a very strange look on his face thinking we were going back to the buffet restaurant.  Sometimes you buffet and sometimes you don’t.

Speaking of food, you never know what your meal really will look or taste like.  Believe me here, I have had many surprises.  Even breakfast items, simple breakfast, eggs, bacon, sausage, fried potatoes, the basic breakfast items can be a surprise - another personal lesson I’ve learned.

That saying, you can’t teach old dogs new tricks is so untrue.  Not only have I learned new tricks, but the tricks keep coming. 

God has a lot on His hands.  Pray that He survives.  hahahahahaha 

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