I don’t get to see my mother as often as I would like. I live in America and she lives in Trinidad. We visit each other frequently, but it’s never enough time together. With Mother’s Day around the corner I miss her so much it aches. This lead me to send my mom an email asking her what her favorite gift ever was. I was trying to gauge just how good of a daughter I have been over the years. I also wanted to make sure that I was still the favorite child (my brother is also the favorite, my parents refuse to choose out loud, but I know the truth). Her response made me giddy and made me feel closer to her than I ever have.
Mummy and me
My mother recently visited us in Calgary. She seems more willing to visit us now that we are on the road full time. When we had a nice comfortable house for her to stay in and a proper home base, she wasn’t so interested in visiting. Seems she may have a touch of wanderlust herself. This is a little of what she had to say about her recent visit:
“My daughter asked me which of my gifts given by her have been my most enjoyable so far. I surprised her when I chose my trip to Calgary. You see this celebration holds special significance to me.
My trip to Calgary was better than a holy pilgrimage. I had the opportunity to visit topography of every type imaginable. I visited the dinosaur museum and discovered that Canada was in fact inhabited by these giant creatures. I saw animals living in their natural habitat and visited the zoo where I saw domesticated hippos and trained marching penguins.
Travelling definitely broadens horizons. The world is out there as proof of an amazing creation. Much change is necessary in the way that we perceive life and the origin of it. Canada has examples of all of it.
Calgary gave me a taste of really living. Travelling on a school bus to a hockey game amongst boisterous youngsters and chugging beer at pubs, sampling food of wide variety and meeting down to earth local people. What more can a 61 year old Rambling Mama ask for.”
Seems that my mother and I share a love of travel and experiencing the world. From now on, I can skip the flowers and candy and just take her somewhere new. We preach here at The Constant Rambler that travel is what moves us and we try to share that with everyone we know.
Here are a few of the photos we took while my mom visited us in Calgary and a glimpse into why she had such an amazing adventure:
Snatching up all the sushi
Sitting pretty in the ice castle in Lake Louise
Mammoth of a time at the Royal Tyrell Museum
Loving the dogs at our housesit
March of the penguins at the Calgary Zoo
Enjoying some German food and beer
Celebrating the Lunar New Year
