Out of Town Visitors

Last weekend we had some out of town visitors come and stay with us. My friend Gavin from high School, and his girlfriend came to stay with us. They live in Toronto and we met up with them on our last visit there. Alison is in a choir and they had a concert at the Blacksheep Inn in Wakefield Quebec.

I had never heard of this place but it turns out that it is quite the place for live entertainment. It is a bit of a drive to get to it, and not that much to see, but the town is cozy and it seems like this place has a good reputation for quality entertainment.

So they drove up on Friday and the concert was Saturday. Alison had to be there for 1:00 to rehearse and whatnot. Gavin and I decided to head back in to Ottawa for some shopping before the concert. We should have stayed in Wakefield because we spent most of the time driving and ran out of gas. Gavin realized that the tank was empty on out way back to Wakefield. We coasted into a service station on fumes. It was full service and when Gavin stopped the car the attendant asked him if he could pull forward some more. Gavin just laughed and said probably not.

When we finally made it back to the Blacksheep Inn we had a heck of a time finding parking. Then just as we are about to go in we saw a car in the parking lot and the two girls inside were waving trying to get our attention. We both looked at each other, thinking that they were trying to get the attention of the other. Then I realized that one of the girls was a co-worker of mine. Her and her friend had come for the concert. What a small world.

The concert was good. Afterwards we went to the house of the organizer for Goat stew. The other group performing was a youth group doing African drumming and dancing. The Goat stew was part of a traditional African feast we were invited to attend. I had never had goat before so of course I was eager to give it a try. After all the many country foods I ate up north I am up to try just about anything.

The had planned on driving home on Sunday but the region was blasted with a massive winter storm. We ended up getting a total of 37 cm of snow. They had no choice but to spend another night and left Monday morning.