CANADA'S BIG DAY!

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Well, another Canada Day has come and passed. This one was spent attending a baby shower hosted by my friends G&J, who are expecting some time in the next 3 weeks. We had some awesome food and I had the chance to meet their family and friends. From there, I returned home to prepare my rendition of the Canada Day BBQ that normally happens in Ottawa at S&N's. Call it the satellite location! Since there were only 3 people attending the Western BBQ, I decided to "enrich" the offering: cheese and wine to start off, a spinach/strawberry salad next, fall-off-the-bone Hoi Sin ribs, Montreal-spice rubbed AAA top sirloins, and salmon/roasted pepper skewers served with fried rice for the main and a refreshing watermelon/honeydew fruit salad for dessert. Since the weather was cooperating, we consumed this spread on my patio, making good use of my transformer picnic table! Once we were done, we headed over to Stampede Park for some fireworks. I had heard earlier in the day that the show had originally been cancelled (because the organizers didn't have the right permits) and that this relocated show was only going to be 10 minutes long. So, I didn't have much in ways of expectations, but I was pleasantly surprised after the near 1/2 hour show! Sitting in the grandstand at Stampede Park meant that we were less than 200 feet away from the field where the pyrogear was being set off. So, it really felt like the fireworks were cascading down right at us! It was a great show.

Actually, the Canada Day celebration started much earlier in the day, when I received the following message at 12:00 a.m. sharp! That means those crazy kids out east stayed up til 2:00 a.m. to get this out!!

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