It’s been a while since our last surprise weekend (see Surprise Visit to Drumheller), but not for a lack of wanting. We’ve been that busy. Either Alex has had to work (the joys of working in the medical community) or we’ve both been traveling. This weekend was the first one we’d had to get away.

It was a bit of a special one, but for no other reason than we’d barely seen each other in almost three weeks. I was away in San Jose for a conference (see Search Engine Strategies Conference 2004 San Jose, Calgary to San Jose), followed immediately by the Calgary Dragon Boat Festival (see 2004 Calgary Dragon Boat Festival), and then Alex was off in Ontario for a week and a half. So I had to plan this weekend’s getaway so we’d have some time to ourselves.

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