Category Archives: Vacation

Hallelujah

Posted on July 9, 2017 by susanonthesoapbox

This was going to be a Ms-Soapbox-is-stampeding-see-you-next-week-blog…then she remembered something. Ms Soapbox’s sister and brother-in-law popped into town just in time for the Calgary Stampede.  We did the fair grounds, the Dog Bowl, the Clydesdales and the llamas, we ate … Continue reading →

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A Double Dose of Christmas

Posted on December 25, 2016 by susanonthesoapbox

This Christmas was unusual…even for the Soapbox family. Missy* our eldest daughter is a nurse working in Victoria.  She was scheduled to work over Christmas which meant that for the first time ever the Soapbox family was not going to … Continue reading →

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Stampede!

Posted on July 17, 2016 by susanonthesoapbox

“Sometimes you need a little break”—Ms Soapbox’s Mom The fun started when Ms Soapbox’s sister Roz and her husband Jay came to town. They flew in from Vancouver where it rains 168 days a year–to spend a week in Calgary … Continue reading →

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Road Trip!!!

Posted on June 12, 2015 by susanonthesoapbox

There is so much we could talk about:  the G7 “support” for a fossil fuel free world by 2100, Mr Harper’s visit with the Pope, the Senate’s secret arbitration process, but today we’re going to talk about road trips. Ms … Continue reading →

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The Orient Express!!!

Posted on June 8, 2014 by susanonthesoapbox

This is the Orient Express…well not the original Orient Express with service from Paris to Vienna and the Balkans or its successor that travelled from Strasbourg to Vienna. Those trains are long gone. This is the Venice-Simplon Orient Express and … Continue reading →

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Banff and the Good Life

Posted on September 1, 2013 by susanonthesoapbox

After a spirited discussion about Pamela Wallin, the Tory’s overspending senator, Ms Soapbox’s mother sighed and said ““Sometimes politics makes me so mad I need a rest!” Brilliant!  A rest was exactly what Mr and Ms Soapbox needed so we … Continue reading →

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(While on vacation in Amsterdam Gerkin said…)

Posted on August 31, 2012 by susanonthesoapbox

My husband and I are on vacation in Amsterdam and Alberta is a hundred light years away.  So rather than making a feeble attempt to stay current with Premier Redford’s latest shenanigans (Fort Macleod springs to mind) I’m going to … Continue reading →

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