Thanks for the giggles. - Kimi, Thu, 8 Nov 2007 12:17PM
I am finally getting caught up on SS news!
Thanks for sharing this wonderful album. I am so glad I was able to meet Sydney.......what a character! - Wendy, Sun, 4 Feb 2007 6:34AM
Thanks for showing us the trip! Looks like it was fun. I think of Donna often and am glad that you are doing well. Go Sidney! - amyjo, Sat, 23 Sep 2006 4:37PM
Loved the trip, enjoyed it more than my own ha. Sydney is quite a ham! - Canadian Jean, Thu, 7 Sep 2006 6:29AM
What a wonderful story! Thanks for sharing Sydney's adventures. Looks like fun was had by everyone. - Jo Kaufman, Thu, 31 Aug 2006 1:02PM
enlarge 66KB, 800x533 1 "I'm packed! Can we go now?"
Let me introduce Sidney, an irrepressible penguin with itchy webbed feet and a well developed sense of the absurd.
enlarge 89KB, 800x533 2 "On the road again..."
We are off to Edmonton to visit relatives and friends and check out any ice cream and candy stores we encounter along the way.
enlarge 77KB, 533x800 3 "Are we there yet?" No, we are still in Manitoba. We have to cross another province before we get to Edmonton.
enlarge 107KB, 800x533 4 Welcome to Inglis, Manitoba. The five grain elevators in Inglis have been designated a National Historic Site. They are slowly being restored.
Sidney, it seems, has an affection for grain elevators. He mentioned something about grain elevators reminding him of ice ridges back home.
enlarge 89KB, 533x800 5 See, the sides of a grain elevator annex have some sort of a resemblance to ice ridges.
enlarge 70KB, 800x533 6 Here are the five elevators in Inglis. It looks like four elevators because the second elevator from the left is a double (two separate grain elevators joined as a single building). We think Sidney is around the back somewhere checking out the railroad grain car.
enlarge 63KB, 800x533 7 Here is a better view of the double elevator. The vehicle doors at right center cross the weigh stations for both elevators. Still no sign of Sidney.
enlarge 81KB, 533x800 8 Off to search for Sidney around the railroad car.
enlarge 92KB, 533x800 9 "Are we there yet?" No. We are still a province away.
enlarge 113KB, 800x533 10 While in Saskatoon, Sidney wanted a picture next to the Holiday Inn courtesy van. We attribute it to that well developed sense of the absurd.
enlarge 74KB, 533x800 11 At the front desk of the Holiday Inn in Saskatoon. First a close shot of the three friends. Then ...
enlarge 72KB, 800x533 12 ... a wider shot. The desk clerk thought she was safely out of the picture.
enlarge 147KB, 600x800 13 Sidney acquired some souvenirs along the way in Lloydminster. We couldn't find any interesting ice cream stores there, so we settled for Ice Caps at Tim Hortons. Everybody (including Sidney) was happy with that.
enlarge 87KB, 800x533 14 "Why are we stopping in Vegreville?"
