UMCI Alberta Rally Standard, Alberta

What a wonderful rally, Thanks to all who came..Thanks to all who helped..Thanks for the wonderful weather..Thanks for the great places to travel and see. I arrived on Friday afternoon and Karl and Dodie,
Howard and Karen, Dick Summers were already there set up in their motorhomes. Every campsite had a tree for shade. Absolutely beautiful place. The only thing was that for those who don't cook..the only place in town..The Standard Hotel did not open til 11:00AM. So I sweet talked the owner into coming in and serving breakfast at 9:00 on Saturday. 18 of us enjoyed a great breakfast.

Friday after I got set up people started arriving. 26 in the campground and 30 with those who visited the next day and stayed for dinner. After breakfast on Saturday Peter and Nellie Benders from Edson, and their guests from The Nederlands (Toos and Gheera) went to the Tyrell Museum. Several of the others went to the Indian Museum Blackfoot Crossing. What a beautiful exhibit of artifacts and history of the Siksika Nation
We met Dan and Stephanie Magee and Ken Forbes at the museum. They had just come from Medicine Hat
 We kind of split up a bit here some going back to the campground and Don from Prince George and Hanz from Castlegar going elsewhere to visit. Back at the campground Karl and Dodie and Howard and Karen got our orders and headed into Strathmore for Chinese Food and we ate it at picnic tables at the campground. We ordered for 30 but I think we got enough for 50 but better too much than not enough and a lot of us are having lunch today. John Wetherell was of course the oldest male to ride his motorcycle to the rally. At 84 he is still racking up the miles. Ann Odell from Lethbridge drove her van as she had been in Kamloops visiting and came directly from there. There were no other older females there riding their motorcycles (HA HA) So no takers for that offer.
At this point I would like to send a special thanks to Stephanie Magee for the special quilt she made me.
The one side was a pattern I had admired in Helena on the May long weekend and the other is a beautiful warm flannel material  with moose on it. Absolutely beautiful! Thank you.

With campfires each evening and wonderful food, friendship, and fun..This was the epitomy of a great rally.
No sex, drugs or rock and roll. Just an absolutely delightful time. New joke: Guy and his wife are at home watching television and as usual the guy has the remote and is flicking from a fishing show to a porn channel.
Finally his wife is getting very annoyed and
says. Oh for heaven sakes Leave it on the porn channel You already know how to fish!!