Woody got up early this morning to head into Onoway and pick up a truck to haul the garbage to the dump for the park. When he arrived (around 7:00 am), the free pancake breakfast was in full swing and he ended up volunteering to help, scrambling eggs and mixing pancake batter. Onoway Fish and Game do the free breakfast as part of Heritage Days in Onoway an annual celebration. Last year they served around 300 breakfasts, pancakes, scrambled eggs and sausages. This year they ended up serving over 500 breakfasts. Woody had to go the store and buy more eggs as they were running out. A very large turn out considering the town has a population of just over 800 (2008 Stats). The breakfast is scheduled 7:00 am to 10:00 am and at 10:30, they closed the door. I has stayed home with our dogs, did some cleaning, never ending battle with wet dirty dogs coming in and out several times a day and while I was doing that, Dave came over to pay for his campsite and offered to take Oreo to play in the field, he even brought his Frisbee for Oreo to play with, of course Oreo said yes I will play with you!
Woody called at 10:50 am to say he was coming to pick me up so we could attend the parade, which started at 11:00 am. I had given up, thinking he was just not going make it back to pick me up, luckily I had just taken the dogs out, so I quickly got ready and was just putting on my shoes when Woody arrived. The parade was awesome for such a small town and lots of fun, very happy we went. Onoway Heritage Days goes on for 3 days, with many scheduled activities and events, including a slow pitch tournament, Mid Way, Band Concert, Street Market, Beer Gardens, Petting Zoo and other activities. This year they had a Special Salute to the Military, which we thought, was very appropriate. We ran into Michelle, Chris and Caitlin just as we were leaving the parking lot so stopped and had a very nice short visit with them. Michelle and Caitlin were supposed to be in the parade (The Onoway Elementary School float) but Caitlin was not feeling well enough for that. We headed back to the park, took the dogs out for a walk when we returned company arrived, so we sat outside for awhile until it got chilly and the rain clouds came, company left, we headed inside, had something to eat, I worked on the computer and Woody made a trip to the dump before he arrived back home Dave and Tina (campers here) came over for a visit, we all visited until dinner. During the evening, we watched TV.
If you are interested in learning more about Onoway, follow the link, Onoway is 4.3 miles (7 km) from Imrie Park.
http://www.albertafirst.com/profiles/statspack/20572.html
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