tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20668464.post-31690858367889534492008-04-16T18:53:00.000-07:002008-04-16T19:11:26.702-07:00Cannot believe its nearly a month since I posted. Where does the time go. I left home last Tuesday and drove to Edmonton for the Body Soul &amp; Spirit Expo. I deliberately left early, Tuesday with the intention of driving to Valemont, B.C. and then onto Edmonton, Alberta so I would not be too exhausted. Well that part worked, but in the meantime, my drive from Penticton through to Valemont, meant I had to go over the interconnector road (Rte 97C to Rte 5), I do not like driving that road during the winter and our weather is unsettled, especially that particular road. I looked on the net, I looked on the TV everything seemed fine for a clear road. Then as I'm going up (for those who don't know, this road goes very high over some mountains and is known for bad weather) I ran into a snow storm. Wet snow, newly coming down on the roadway and its piling up on the road. I'm not usually nervous driving in snow, but this day I was. The only good thing I could find was that it was daylight. Mynerves were jangling. At one point, I yelled, yes yelled out "God, and all the angels get me out of this". A few minutes later, the snow stopped and the road was clear. Interestingly enough it was right when I was coming off the high mountain part. And that was the end of the snow for that day and the rest of the trip to Valemont went without a hitch.<br />Spent the night, got up in the morning and was greeted with snow on the car, no biggy, gassed the car up and took off for breakfast in Jasper (approx. 1 hour away). Driving along just fine when here comes the snow....for quite a while it was fine, then all of a sudden the snow was on the road and there had been no cars in front of me, so I'm breaking trail on the roadway with only (it seemed) big trucks coming towards me. I have to stay on my side of the road (and where is that). Again I'm happy its daylight. I honestly could feel my heart pumping. Again I'm getting strung out with this snow stuff and finally it stops and the roadway is clear. Thank goodness and I get to Jasper in one piece. Eat breakfast and then back in the car to go to Edmonton. That part of the trip is quite boring in lots of way as you leave the Rockies and go out into the rolling hills of the prairie. The one good thing is its a 4 lane highway and you can drive 110 kilos. which means 120 to 130 ks. I made it to Edmonton in good time and pulled into my friend Vida's place where she had warned me she may not be home (she wasn't) but told me where the key was. I got my bags in and was able to have a 'rest' before she returned home and we spent a pleasant evening catching up on ourselves and everyone else that we now.<br />The next day Thursday, we went to a movie Nim's Island ... thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm a big kid at heart, and I enjoyed laughing at the prediciments Jodie Foster's character got into. She was great, and the rest of the cast (small as it was) was superb. A great afternoon. Then we had a psychic party and I throughly enjoyed that. 10 people having their cycles, crystal ball and tarot read. Fun! Fun for me and fun for them.<br />Friday, off to set up for the Body Soul &amp; Spirit Expo. Nothing unusual to report, lots of work for me though (of which I'm grateful) and Monday was glad to just rest quite a bit.<br />Tuesday saw me pick up a fellow psychic Dolly Mae and drive to Calgary. Again through a snow shower. I'm presently in Calgary, and Friday will set up and do it all again. The weather is predicting to get quite cold on Saturday (snow anyone?) hopefully the roads will be clear when I go to drive home on Monday.<br />More later ......<br />NormaNorma Cowiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10491675245071561341noreply@blogger.com