Today we are waiting in Regina for Nicole and Gabriella to arrive. Nicole is booked into the University of Regina residences, so that is where we are staying too. The University is beautiful and new. The buildings are modern and interconnected so that you can move from building to building without going outdoors. The room we have is one of four in a grouping, which also has a common area with two bathrooms, a sitting area and kitchen with range, microwave, fridge and chest freezer. It is very clean and well laid out. This morning we started walking the Wascana Centre which includes the university, legislature and the area around Wascana Lake. It has been well designed for people with lots of areas for activities such as jogging, walking, cycling, baseball, soccer, rowing, paddling etc. they have done a great job of landscaping. The only thing that is a little out of kilter is the population of Canada Geese; you really have to watch where you are walking because of their droppings everywhere. We saw families of over a dozen goslings. After walking to the far northwest end, we spent hours in the Royal Saskatchewan Museum; it is really well done. The displays are perfect with so much attention to detail. It starts with geological history, then goes on to fossil records, animals, the first humans up to the present. It is really interesting and kept us occupied until lunch and for an hour or so after lunch. After that we walked through Wascana Centre on the south side of the lake, and ended up at the former Campion College, now Regina Christian School.
Campion is where Kanji went to high school for grades 11 and 12, prior to going to the University of Alberta. Susie took a picture on the front steps and then the principal of the Christian School, Rod, took us on a tour. While much of the building has been altered by various iterations of purposes since it stopped being boys high school, there was a lot that was familiar. Even after 49 years, some of the classrooms looked a lot like they did way back when.
Nicole and Gabriella arrived at about 8 pm. Since then she has kept Gramie busy walking around our unit. She is not so sure about Boppa yet. Nicole is out helping with the boats, and dropping two other rowers off where they are staying.
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