KISS coming to Ft.Mac

KISS is coming to Fort McMurray. They will be the headliner for the "Canada ROCKS" festival taking place June 30th to July 2nd.
I guess it's pretty cool that a legendary rock band who has sold 80 million albums is playing in little 'ol Ft.Mac. But, then I remember it's a 70's rock band and I only know two songs. The organizers are pretty pumped of course and making a big deal about the awesomeness of this event..but don't they know the average age in this town is 30?
Come on, give us a 90's boy band!!

Oh well. Until then..."I wanna rock and roll all night...and party every day!!"


***Update***

The KISS concert sold out in 24 minutes!
And by minute 25, there were dozens of postings on Kijiji re-selling tickets for 2-3 times the original ticket price. Shameful.

The Newfie Aisle

Potted Meat, Marinated Muscles, Chicken Haddie, & Mustard Pickles

You know how there's an 'Asian section' at most grocery stores? Well here in the Fort we also have a 'Newfie section'.
Here you will find such tasty treats as Potted Meat, Corn on the cob in a can, Gravy & Meatballs in a can, Chicken Haddie (which is actually canned cod) and Mustard Mixed Pickles (pickles in a jar of mustard). It seems Newfoundlanders also have a thing for Pineapple Crush pop and any sort of marshmellow-coconut buscuit.
And of course, the seafood section is always well stocked too :) Cod cheeks anyone?

Northern Lights - finally!

 

Finally, I caught a glimpse of the Northern Lights here in Fort Mac. It wasn't quite what I expected, but I'll take it, since it's the only one I've seen all winter. Apparently you can see some amazing light shows from here (there are even tours) but I haven't seen anything too spectacular from my back door yet - aside from this green rainbow.


Here's a few tid bits to make you smarter about northern lights:
~They are caused by collisions between electrically charged particles from the sun that enter the earth's atmosphere.
~They can be seen above the magnetic poles of the northern and southern hemispheres. They are known as 'Aurora borealis' in the north and 'Aurora australis' in the south.
~Auroral displays appear in many colours although pale green and pink are the most common.
If you want to know more, check out this page.

Vegas

To my three faithful readers - sorry for the extreme slacking! The main highlight of the past month has nothing to do with Fort Mac, but I'll post it anyway. Vegas baby!!
Kirt was going for the Construction Expo, so I got to tag along (since it coincided with my 29th birthday, he pretty much had to take me.) And what a birthday it was. It started with a helicopter tour over the Grand Canyon - I highly recommend this if you ever go. Forget driving, helicopter is the way to see it! It was so beautiful and our pilot was excellent - he really seemed to know what he was doing and explained all sorts of interesting stuff as we flew over the Hoover Dam and Lake Mead. We landed in the bottom of the Canyon, on a ledge just above the river, and were served a lovely picnic lunch and champagne. After toasting to good friends and happy birthday, Kirt (who had been hovering around me very suspiciously for the last half an hour) says "I might have something else we can toast to..." and got down on one knee and pulled a beautiful diamond ring out of his pocket!! I said yes of course, and after a few more toasts and photos, we flew back to Vegas to enjoy the rest of the week. It was a very unforgettable and probably impossible to top birthday!

Hoover Dam

The reenactment

The Ft.Mac group - Kirt & myself, Krystal & Kyle, Kelly & Debbie.