On the first weekend in May, Margarit and I headed down to East Coulee. We drove down separately, as I headed out earlier than she did. I wanted to move our trailer out of the shop, and set it up out in the yard for Hailey. After that was done I helped her to get set up, and showed her how everything worked.
I didn't bother going to the music festival that evening.
Springfest seemed to be poorly organized, not well promoted, and somewhat lightly attended this year. I think the organizers need to do a better job next year if they want to see the festival continue. Hailey spent the weekend working in The Rock gift shop, and didn't attend any of the shows. Margarit and I each had a weekend pass and we enjoyed some of the bands that played. I caught little bits and pieces of a number of them, plus the complete set by Akina and the Wolf, Glen Brown and Heading West, Nighthowl, and the Sadlier Brown Band. They were all great, and did not disappoint. The snapshots included here were taken with my phone but I also did some shooting on 35mm film.
The rest of the weekend was just spent hanging around with Hailey, and checking out some of the work underway at Dinosaur Valley Studios. In addition to the Blue Whale skeleton that they have been working on for some time, they are also building a steel sculpture of an Albertosaurus skeleton. It's always pretty cool to check out what is going on.
On Sunday evening, after taking Hailey out for dinner, Margarit and I headed back to Edmonton. We got a rather late start, and it was well after dark before we arrived back home. As I get older I generally don't enjoy driving after dark, and my eyes get very tired, very quickly, so I tend to avoid situations such as this. This time around it wasn't too bad as only the last hour or so of the drive was in darkness.
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