Over the years I have attended, worked with and organized hundreds of festivals and events. With this new series, "INSIDE with the Festival Nomad", I want to give you an "inside" look at some of the festivals and events that I have been involved with or that I have visited. Along the way, I have had a lot of fun and sometimes frustration, but I have never been bored!
ACROSS
CANADA … Where to Sleep? (Part One)
We eventually
had a great meeting in Minneapolis. The Hadley House people couldn’t have
treated us better. After a breakfast meeting brunch and a tour of their
facility, we were back on the road. The good night's sleep had done wonders for
us. Now we were off, back to Canada and the City of Winnipeg. Winnipeg is almost
directly north of Minneapolis and the trip can be a fairly tedious long drive! We
played "travel games" to pass
the time. We traveled the route without incidence and even crossed the border
smoothly. The Canadian Boarder guards seemed to be less bored then their American
counterparts. Of course, when we crossed the border this time, it was late
afternoon. When we finally reached Winnipeg, it was early evening. we decided
to drive around the city to get our bearings. We had an appointment to visit the
Assiniboine
Zoo the next day. Because of costs, we decided to find a safe place to
park and then to sleep in the van. By the time we started to look seriously for
a place to park, it was becoming quite dark. After much “driving around”, we found what appeared to be the perfect spot! It
was a parking lot located right on the edge of a river. It was a clear night,
and the moon reflected in the ripples of the water. Very romantic! After we
parked, we settled down for a good night’s sleep! Judi was in the back of the
van and I was lying back in the driver’s seat. What happened next was hard to imagine!
(To be continued)
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