On June 2, I hopped into Janet‘s car, and we set out for Lethbridge Alberta to attend the annual Canadian Quilt show and conference – Quilt Canada. We had a somewhat cloudy and rainy, but uneventful 2-day drive. As we drove through the Crowsnest Pass into Alberta, the sun came out, and we arrived at the University of Lethbridge to hot and sunny weather.
We spent a wonderful few days there – meeting friends, viewing quilts, attending workshops and events. I didn’t take many photos, but if you check Instagram for hashtags #quiltcanada and #quiltcanada2015 you’ll get a sense of the fun and activities we enjoyed.
On June 7, we started driving back to New Westminster BC with the intention of stopping in Grand Forks for the night. However, just out of Cranbrook near Moyie Lake, the battery in Janet’s car just died. Fortunately, we were on a downhill slope and Janet was able to pull the car over to the side of the road. Also fortunately, we were in an area with cell coverage. We called BCAA, and in less than an hour, Van Horne Towing came to our rescue. They towed us back to Cranbrook, installed a new battery for us and we were back on the road again.
The delay meant we couldn’t make it as far as we had hoped, so we spent the night in Castlegar. The next morning, we were told about the Castlegar Sculpture Walk. So we spent an hour or so viewing some amazing sculptures before resuming our journey.
Our favorite was V Formation an interactive, moving metal sculpture – see a video here. Our second favorite was Bad Hair Day a bronze statue of a burro. If you are ever in Castelgar, I highly recommend a tour of the sculptures.
Meanwhile, back at home, I’ve been working on my entry for the Black to White (BTW) challenge. It’s almost finished, which is good because the deadline to submit my entry is this Friday.
Thanks for stopping by. Today, I’m linking up with these blogs – click on the links below, where you’ll find many creative and inspirational projects.
Glad you two made it home safe. How fortuitous though that you had to stop in Castlegar. Such lovely pieces of art would have been missed, had you made it to Grand Forks!
Castlegar was an unexpected, but delightful detour! It was a good week, full of fun, glad you came along for the ride with me!
Detours are always fun! I love your black and white entry! good luck!
Whew! That sounds like quite the adventure. Those sculptures look like lots of fun!
I wondered if you might be interested in joining in another link up. My mom and I post one each Friday called Crafty Comment Karma, for people to link up any of their crafting, quilting or sewing posts. It’s open for the whole week until the next one goes up, so I hope you think about joining us! Link-up located here: http://bit.ly/1FT3LsD
Looks like you and Janet had a great time – glad the car troubles were solved!
glad to hear your adventure turned out well…our adventure from vanderhoof to lethbridge took us down through jasper and banff…and home the longer route thru edmonton…no dying batteries tho…