Saturday, July 23

 Saturday, July 23


A quick nap last night and we were out the door by 9 AM headed to Waterton lake Alberta for a wedding! Darren had to run a quick errand to St. Mary’s University to pick up his apparel to volunteer at the golf tournament in August.We stopped at Tim Hortons and Starbucks and off we went! 



We headed south on Highway two and turned west and stopped in pincher Creek to pick up some keys to the hotel rooms for the band.

We got into Waterton lake national Park and could not believe how busy it was. We saw a big brown bear going through the park gate and then once we got into the town site there were hundreds of people everywhere. We have to be extremely careful driving as tourists walk wherever they want whenever they want lol.

We found our hotel but couldn’t check in til 3. Had a lovely lunch of salads and a sandwich and setup at the hall. Band showed up and we did sound check and then it poured for an hour and stopped right before the wedding. 

The wedding was in a beautiful park right on the waterfront and after the 30 minute ceremony, we went and had a snack and then headed to the hall for the reception. We played at the door for an hour while people were coming in and the country folk were so excited they were dancing on the sidewalks and the lawn. So great to play a wedding again where everyone is in a great mood, the weather was spectacular also.




Supper around a bit late starting at seven and speech is wrapped up at 9:30 in the Dan played till after midnight packed up by 1:30 and in bed by 2 AM. A spectacular summer day in Southern Alberta.









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