On Saturday, we had our annual Guy Fawkes bonfire northwest of Cochrane. It was an immense success as the weather mostly cooperated for a change.
I arrived at the farm some time later than I had intended but it seems that was the order of the day. Nothing seemed to occur quite on schedule. Of course, the massive amount of snow on the driveway preventing us from parking down closer to the cabin didn’t help much, what with all the truding up and down the hill. But we got everything going and eventually set off the fireworks (with no injuries) and lit the fire. Ordinarily the snow would have melted back from the fire but there was so much snow that it merely softened and didn’t disappear entirely.
This was the first time my dad was able to attend. That was kind of cool. Of course, we managed to pressgang him into helping with things.
The drive back to Calgary was somewhat inconvenient though, what with the fog that had arrived during the festivities. For about half the distance, I could barely see the road for all the fog. Not the most fun thing to do at night. But I made it safely back to civilization.
All in all, the evening was a success. And great fun. Check out Sharbean’s blog entry for some cool pics.