RCMP Museum Regina & QCE Parade

The RCMP Museum was very interesting with very cool artifacts and stories that you could read.  The kids loved the simulated crime that they had to try to solve.  Some of the things they had to do was identify possible clues, identify bullet casings, look at finger prints, compare shoe prints, determine counterfeit money, use different lightings to expose hidden clues, and read interview logs.  The kids did a great job and got their “man”. 

We took a tram ride around the training facilities where we got to see some of the different buildings and learn what they did there.  During this tour, we stopped to see the Sergeant Major’s Parade . . . I think Emma was a little disappointed because it was just a bunch of people marching around the Parade Grounds.  Jamie made the connection to the Remembrance Day Ceremony at the Richmond, Cenotaph.  They reminded him of robots all in sync as they marched.  Josh really liked watching a short film titled, Courage in Red, to end off our tour of the museum. 

Michelle thinks I look good in a uniform and flip flops

Attention!  Josh you are looking a little disheveled.

The kids were not too impressed with Grammy when she bought them some Beaver Droppings as a treat.
I believe they were maple and honey candies.

Emma found something she liked about the parade!

After dinner, we went into Regina to watch the Queen City Exhibition Parade.  We were told to go between an hour and an hour and a half early to get a good spot.  Well, we really didn’t have to get there that early, but we tried to make the best of it.  I think the highlight for Josh was while we were waiting, a guy who looked like a member of Duck Dynasty drove by in his beat up old car and yelled, “I am the parade!”  Josh had the giggles for quite some time.  Emma loved the different dogs, horses and music that went by.  Jamie liked the horses in the parade and especially the “pooper scoopers” (the people who cleaned up behind the horses).  Josh liked the Shriners and their little cars as they zoomed around.  Apparently, Regina needs to take some lessons from the Steveston Salmon Festival Parade because according to Josh he said, “This is junk!”  There was nothing wrong with the parade itself, but at the Salmon Festival they throw out candies and bubbles like it’s Halloween . . . here the kids got a couple of tatties, a pencil and two pieces of gum to be shared between the three of them.  This parade is like the guy who gives out toothbrushes on Halloween!!!  Come on Regina step it up on the free handouts!

Here we are an hour before the parade.  Hey look, I made the blog!  I'm the shadow taking the picture . . . Captain Canada would not approve!