Vacation pictures part I

Dale had holidays from July 1st to the 19th. Our first thing was to go to the Science Centre here in Regina and see the "Wings of the World" (or something like that) done with Legos. There were too many pictures to show them all, but this is the big race car at the beginning of the displays. We were too big to get in it, but we did stand beside it! Our next excursion was to Moose Jaw. I don't think I've ever taken pictures of the Moose. Moose Jaw was a "hangout" for Dale and I when I was still at Briercrest and we were engaged. We spent quite a few Sundays there when he'd come out. He went to Siast there the year before, so would show me all the sights. There are more now, of course. We went through the Tunnels of Moose Jaw tour - the Al Capone one. There were a lot of stairs, but I managed them ok. It was a very good tour and we highly recommend it. After the tunnels, we decided to walk around and it started to pour rain!! We were sitting at the fudge factory looking out over Main street and it really came down! Dale had always wanted to go down to Coronach, near the US border, to tour the Power Plant and the Mining. The mining wasn't available because of all the rain, but we did get to see the power plant. Quite interesting - even for me - and we got to wear cool neon green hard hats, googles and ear plugs! Woohoo!!

The one shot I got of Dale in his hard hat and goggles. I did take one picture of this really scary-looking elevator (if you could call it that), but it's an up-and-down picture and I can't figure out how to turn it. Anyway, all it was was a conveyor belt turned vertical with little "outcroppings" for standing on. She said the men rode it up to other floors! It was the scariest-looking contraption I've ever seen!!

But, we really enjoyed the tour and learned alot about strip mining and how clean coal is to burn, etc. If you want the big scoop, you'll have to see the rest of our pictures and talk to Dale.

The plant tour was on Friday, July 7th and we went on the Big Buddy badlands tour the next day, so stayed in Coronach overnight. I'll put pictures of that tour on my next blog.