Lost to a Crash!

Okay, I know that this might give some people heart failure, but a mere one day later I am posting picture descriptions.

Katimavik - Part 30 involves a bit of description. For my billeting stay this rotation I stayed with a family whose property backs onto the Red River. The Red River is the same one that flooded badly in 1997, making headlines across Canada. So, seeing as I was billeting during the first surge I decide to take some pictures. The edge of the property extends approximately another 10 feet past the furthest tree in the water. The entire bottom plateau disappeared one morning after the ice broke up. I went back a few days ago and the situation hasn't changed all that much save for the bank being reinforced with sandbags left over from impromptu dikes. Then we get into the fun stuff. My billet dad owned a 1979 Triumph Spitfire that he has been restoring. One Sunday he went to his friend's house where the car is stored to work on it and left me with the instructions to call for a ride when I woke up. Needless to say that that is me riding in the sidecar. The bike is a Harley Davidson Shriner Edition, and the sidecar is pretty awesome. The ride is very smooth, which is not what I was expecting. After a few routine maintenance items and a wash and wax, the car was ready. My billet dad took it home and I drove the truck home. We then went out driving, to enjoy the nice spring day. I was introduced to the neighbour down the street (as his garage door was open and he was working on the Lamborghini Jalpa), which is where the picture of the Lamborghini badge comes from, and the V-12 BMW. Then there are pictures from the St. Norbert bridges over the LaSalle River, taken at night.

Katimavik - Part 31 opens with a great shot of my billet family (with the neighbour's son), followed by my room in the basement where I stayed over billeting. After returning from billeting it was time to renew my subscription with the HAWK! This time we actually shaved the sides down with a razor and then dyed the hawk blue. I must say that I look very emo with it combed over one side. We visited the Manitoba Museum, which was really neat because they had a lot of life-sized displays which really made things easy to understand. My parents sent me a bunch of candy for Easter so this is how we discovered that a Lifesaver Mint fits well on the end of a tongue barbell. This is followed by the Whirl-o-Puke, a game played by walking around a person seated on a blanket and then pulling out, so as to spin the person around. (Nobody actually puked)

Katimavik - Part 32 starts with a motif that is found in the galleries, a random closeup of my tongue. Then there's a six picture mini-series on why people say the Prairies are flat... and it's because, well... they're really flat. I unfortunately missed the big sign saying Oakville, MB, but managed to get my camera out in time for the one after. We then spent lunch in Minnedosa, MB, where two of us got to see friends from home. After a prolonged trip into Riding Mountain National Park (we missed our turn), we returned to the Erickson house and spent the evening hanging out with the Erickson, Minnedosa, and Neepawa groups. The album finishes with a few shots of the LaSalle River in the daytime, so that you can actually see the water levels.

Katimavik - Part 33 contains more of Katimavik's official sport, including some lovely hand drawn stormtroopers by yours truly. A couple of pictures from hanging out in my room follow. Then there's a bunch of shots taken during the Earth Day Activities at SNAC, where we volunteered as part of Global Youth Service Day. The last picture is at the Retirement Apartments, where our PL's grandmother lives. We were there presenting a play that we wrote, and serving snacks as the second half of our Global Youth Service Day commitment.

The title to this post was due to the fact that these descriptions would have been the closest to the time of the picture posting, except Blogger goofed on me.

Also pictures for the next while might be in shorter supply as I partly dropped my camera in a hot tub on my time off, and killed the LCD screen. While it's in for repairs, I've borrowed my buddy's camera, which means that I will only take it places I know it won't get damaged.

Main Man, Out.