Doing the Mall

Well, geez, gag me with a spoon, I totally did the mall, fer sure! The West Edmonton Mall, to be specific. This is the world's largest shopping center. In addition to about 800 stores, there's an amusement park; a waterpark; a pirate ship and submarine; an ice rink; a casino; a gym; a bowling alley; and the list goes on and on.

Here's a shot of the waterpark at the mall; there's a wave generator, a whole bunch of slides, and a tiki bar. Not only that, it feels like Florida or Hawaii inside; temp close to 85, humidity around 60-70 percent. Must be quite a nice shock for the locals in the winter. It gets a little cold here that time of year...20 below zero F is not uncommon at all. I drove around with the top down all afternoon; never saw another convertible. The days are really long. Sunset is at 10:03 PM tonight, and there's good twilight until eleven. We're north of latitude 53 here.