CaptainOrange

Not that kind of trip! It was a road trip. Brad and I left on Thursday before noon. It was a pleasant road and we stopped along the way to drink a little Jones soda and enjoy the best that Saskatchewan highways have to offer. We arrived without incident but had significant trouble finding our campground of choice (or any for that matter). We were planning to camp at an in town sight. We sought directions at the Fort and after a series of detours for construction, our first try landed us at a grave-yard and not a ski-hill (in Edmonton???) as we had been expecting. After a scenic tour of the river valley, we eventually found what we were looking for. The view from our campsite was quite good considering we were only about a 10 min drive from Whyte Ave and maybe 15 from the West Ed. Mall. We went to Whyte ave that evening to check out the local night life. The StarSchmucks had a nice present opportunity for old Cap. Orange if you are in the market. That night we got back to the campsite a

The sweetness of summer is upon the land. I have finished my role in the musical and somehow everything feels like it has changed while I was busy. Maybe Gandalf will suddenly come back today? Things were looking pretty grim as the end of rehearsals approached. Everyone in the production could feel it. Things were not working the way we wanted, time was dreadfully short and tension was the highest I have witnessed in a show. I was trying to stay up-beat, but even my optimistic nature was hard pressed to keep on the orange-coloured glasses. However, tension and I are done for a time and so I will simply tell you that the show was great. We could have used a week in the theatre to get ready instead of the two days we had. Consequently we were still getting up to speed on the first few nights of performance. After that it was terrific. Each show built on the last, getting better and better. I kept thinking that we had peaked, but I was wrong. Right to the end we continued to put out mo