God bless the Plains.

My Dear Great Ones,

I live most of the year in a semi-tropical, humid, at sea level, by the ocean, semi-mountainous region that has lush vegetation but also a very populated city (Hong Kong.)  It is great, but it is always a treat to take a break from that and experience something completely opposite.  Namely, a temperate, dry, high elevation, a time zone from an ocean, flat region, that has sparse vegetation and a sparse population (Southern Alberta.)  

Celia and I journeyed onto the great plains of Alberta this summer and enjoyed it a lot.  We also visited our good friends Brent and Xing-je at Aspen Crossing and had lunch in a converted train car that once carried John Diefenbaker on his campaign trails.  It was a great chewing on an Alberta grown burger while chatting and looking out onto an endless flat vista, with a massive sky.  

Flying over the great plains.

 Meeting up with good friends at Diefenbaker's old train.  Aspen Crossing in the Alberta prairies.

 The train car has been converted into a decent restaurant.

We took a walk after lunch and came upon this random plastic cow.  Celia and I also took some artsy pictures of the impending storm that came upon us.

The following pictures were taken by Celia on our other journeys around Alberta.

God bless the plains.  Amen.  Have a great week everyone.

Love adios and ping on!

Dirk