October 26, 2016. Downtown Grande Prairie

LOCATION:  With my aunt and uncle in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada WEATHER:  Overcast. Highs about 30   Since it was not such a nice day, we decided to do things mostly indoors.  We did take a nice hike around my uncle's farm, trying to avoid the heavy mud.   We had lunch in a steakhouse restaurant downtown with some friends of my uncle and aunt.  Very nice conversation.  Good food---Korean nachos!   Then, we went to Grande Prairie's cultural center.  The art gallery is extremely good.  One of the current exhibits is from an artist who paints essentially the same scene over and over again, of the Canadian north with snowy mountains, and a lake, and sometimes a deer or moose or bear.  

The pictures themelseves are not remarkable (apparently the artist could whip one out in minutes), but the exhibit was interesting in that there were about 500 of these pictures mounted.  More and more and more.....  

 

The cultural center also has a great library, and we got some books on CD for our trip tomorrow.

 

DINNER:  I made  a seafood pasta with garlic sauce, using shrimp and scallops.  Quite tasty!