Unexpected things

I have traveled, once again, to Canada. In 'the states' it's fall. The weather is cooler, but not what I would call cold. That is not the case in Slave Lake Alberta. The high temperature yesterday was 51 F. and the low was 19 F. Yes, I said 19. I forgot how cold that is. I forgot I hated cold. I forgot my secret desire to move to a warmer climate away from frost and snow and the need for long under ware and layers.

I had a 3 hour drive from the Edmonton airport to get here. I passed through one town with a McDonald's and A&W and that was it. My options for food are severely limited here. When I got to town I was told by my co-worker that there were only 2 sit down restaurants in town and a few fast food places. Turns out there was more than that. A guy came into the hotel and said he had just come from a Chinese restaurant. So, tonight I went looking for it. I couldn't stand a THIRD NIGHT OF BOSTON PIZZA! Well, I couldn't find it. I guess my directions were bad, but I looked all over and didn't see it. You know what I did find though? You would never guess, not in a million years. I did a triple take myself when I saw the sign 'Adam's Addition Fine western and Lebanese Cuisine.' The menu was huge, the kind Gordon Ramsay would have a fit over. They had everything on the menu...bar food, steak, pizza, pasta, burgers and stir-Fry's. I questioned the waitress because I looked all over the menu and didn't see any Lebanese food. She looked at me kind of funny and said "Do you want the Lebanese menu?" Of course I did-why wouldn't I? She produced a much smaller single page menu with the some basic stuff, falafel, shawarma, baba, humus...I ordered the shawarma platter. It wasn't the best I've ever had, but it was a nice change of pace and completely unexpected.

Tomorrow I might try and find the Chinese place again, and maybe the lake. I'll let you know.