miscellaneous 2009 pics
all sorts of pics from home, on the road, animals, views etc that don't have their own album!
12/31 New Years Eve Party
fun night with good friends, good food and good drinks! Happy New Year!
12/28 Mission Ridge Winter Park
we needed some fresh air and decided to take a look at the skiers and snowboarders at Mission Ridge near Fort Qu'Appelle, where we met with the Bos family
12/25 Xmas Supper at the Stephensons
Xmas supper at the Stephenson's (Marlies went there alone, Nico was working on xmas)
12/24 Xmas Eve Supper Party
'gourmetten' with about 10 people (preparing your food at the table on raclette/party/table grills), it was fun!!
12/19 Ugly Xmas Clothes Partay
great party at Tim and Cortney's with Ugly Xmas Clothes contest and (real and gag) Chinese gift exchanges - great fun!!!
12/11 hair!
Dana did Marlies' hair again and it's more beautiful than ever! Red with dark violet and some light red streaks!
11/26 Teppanyaki
teppanyaki dinner for Stu's birthday, with Tim, Cortney, Geneva, Stu, Christina and us two. At the Teppanyaki restaurant on Vic in Regina.
11/25 bowling
bowling at the Nortown bowling in Regina (work outing Marlies)
11/20 - 11/22 Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park (Centre Block, SK)
We went back to our new love Cypress Hills and rented a condo of the Cypress Park Resort Inn, which was GREAT! We had hoped to go moose spotting but were surprised by a snowstorm instead. Oh well it was beautiful!
11/17 fun at Vader gig
just some shots with friends at the Vader gig at the Exchange in Regina :)
10/30 - 10/31 Halloween
<font color="orange">our 2nd Halloween, but the first where Marlies carved pumpkins (with Alison) and gave out candy to trick-or-treaters</font>
10/15 Nicos birthday
Tim and Cortney (and the kids) took us to the Keg for both our birthdays and we had a few visitors in the evening (Henk, Marga and Edwin; Mark; Rachel)
09/21 - 09/26 motorhoming! - Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park (Centre Block, SK)
for the final camping trip this year we went to the Centre Block of Cypress Hills. First to Swift Current on Marlies' birthday, then continued to CH (5h drive in total) where we enjoyed some quiet after-season camping and above seasonal weather :)
09/11 - 09/13 motorhoming! - Buffalo Pound Provincial Park, SK
a weekend on the Maple Vale Campground at Buffalo Pound, in the coulees of the lake, only little over an hour away from us (north of Moose Jaw)
08/26 - 08/30 motorhoming! - Prince Albert National Park (Waskesiu, SK)
finally we made it to go 'up north' to Waskesiu, a 6 hour drive but worth it! Huge coniferous trees everywhere and deer just walking by your RV... we also saw elk but unfortunately no black bears.
07/01 - 07/05 motorhoming! - Greenwater Lake Provincial Park (SK)
long weekend camping in the forest of Greenwater Lake (3.5-4 hrs north). It was great to be back there in summer, because it was the first place we visited only 2 weeks after we moved to Canada (but in winter).
06/18 - 06/21 motorhoming! - Moose Mountain Provincial Park (Kenosee Lake, SK)
weekend camping in a big forested area full of lakes 2.5 hrs east of Regina
06/04 - 06/07 motorhoming! - Rowans Ravine Provincial Park, SK
weekend at the popular Rowan's Ravine Provincial Park on the eastern shore of Last Mountain Lake - video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrrBwc40EoI
05/28 work BBQ Willow Island
a few teams from Marlies' work (the FASCore teams) had a BBQ on Willow Island in Wascana Park. You can rent it after 5pm for parties and such.
05/22 - 05/24 motorhoming! - Dunnet Regional Park (Avonlea, SK)
weekend camping in a little forested valley 90 km SW of Regina - video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-IZ_LBevsY
05/05 - 05/09 motorhoming! - Manitou Beach, SK
first trip for us and the cats with our motorhome to a regional park by a lake - video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeGmb8Y-mPg
04/25 motorhome
Our very own motorhome! Very goodlooking 1995 30ft Fleetwood Tioga - video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TOof39hIAc - www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqgILNggaek
04/20 people at Kreator show
just a bunch of silly shots with other visitors of the Kreator/Exodus/Warbringer (and more) show at the Distrikt in Regina:)
04/09 - 04/12 long weekend incl. CBB meeting Gravelbourg
long weekend around the "prairie CBB day" in Gravelbourg, SK, organized by Cees of the Gravelbourg Inn. CBB is a forum for Dutch (speaking) emigrants who want to move to Canada, or already did.
04/02 Fort QuAppelle
a day trip to Fort Qu'Appelle and Echo Valley
03/20 cupper wedding anniversary
for our cupper wedding anniversary (12,5 years) we went to Moose Jaw for a night and a day
03/14 kitesurfing & icefishing
On a little trip to Regina Beach we saw snow kitesurfers along highway 11 and there was an icefishing derby on Last Mountain Lake. Sorry for the bad quality because of the snow... videos: youtube.com/watch?v=o2hCBpfld6U - youtube.com/watch?v=FGgyeC7IbIw