We're in Canada, Ay!

We left the mosquito infested, train tooting, RV park of Malta, MT and made our way north. My Android phone's navigator said it would take a little over three hours....

along the way we saw this mountain. It looks exactly like a mountain in our town called Table MT.....If it had an "O" on it it would be identical.

We reached the border in a little over an hour and got held up at the check point for about 45 minutes as we waited for our papers and passports to be processed. Since we are "working" (AKA performing) here the paper work took longer than a normal tourist. Finally through we drove on over flat prairie after flat prairie. A few hills separated them. Along the way little Richard's Ground Squirrels tested fate by running across the road. Sadly we smooshed one....Cynthia, Jim, Miles and Nick witnessed it and a loud coral grown came across our Motorola.

My navigating phone got us to the hotel directly. It was then that we realized we didn't have Cynthia's passport. I made calls to the border but the agent was sure he had given them all back. We tore the van and RV apart. No passport. I called US customs and they told me to call the State Dept. Finally I gave the van one last go over and low and behold I found it stuck in a very thin space between the dash and the drink holder/glove box area....also found an old CD.

The stress gave me a pimple on the side of my nose...groan!

Miles, Cynthia, Nick an I took the RV and trailer over to the fair grounds. The fair folks are really nice. But almost everyone we have met up here have been nice. Even the older ladies who worked the front desk who worked hard on this sold out night to relocate us from the second floor to the first due to no elevator and Titus having a wheel chair, were very nice.

Our Venue is a nice sized air conditioned building. We set up our full stage set up (fair version)...or at least we set up most of it. We were tired and very hungry and very sweaty so we headed back to the hotel, showered, and headed next door to "Carol's Diner". It's owned by a kindly older Greek couple. The menu was the standard family fare.

While we were away setting up James, .Mami and the little ones hung out at the hotel. The little ones waited and waited for my return so we could all go into the pool....

Wonder what kind of people live in Assiniboia?

After dinner we broke up into three groups...two hotel rooms and back at the fairgrounds are Miles and Nick and Belle....no dogs at the hotel.

Tomorrow morning the kids have strolling acts at the town pancake b-fast. So early to bed.

Mami will be up a while (since she doesn't have to be at the b-fast shows) to sew a cape onto Perky Penguin. Our Penguin got a make-over this year....he's a cute supper penguin.