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We left Saskatoon thinking we would drive a couple hours before calling it a night. Jason didn’t want to stop for gas in the city so we headed out of Saskatoon with a pretty empty tank. We soon realized this was a really bad idea. It appears nowhere in Saskatchewan can you get gas at night. We hoped the townn of Lanigan would have gas and ...
During the end of the first encore Tat threw her yellow Brazil up on stage in front of Ed. Ed picked up her shirt, looked at it and stuffed it in his back pocket. The encore break ends and the band leaves the stage. When the band returns, Ed still has Tat’s shirt and drapes it across one of the speakers at the center of the stage. Tat is very ...
We woke up in Halifax and looked for Dirk in the cemetery with no luck. I called him to find out he went to the hostel at 7am when they opened. We headed over there to have a shower before deciding to go surfing. We rented boards in Halifax and were told to goto a beach called Martinique Beach. After a short 45 minute drive we found ourselves on...