So going to work Friday morning on the radio, they had this feature on the Sunflower Maze up near Bowden starting this weekend. This is North of Calgary about 1 hour. The feature indicated that they also were having a Lily Festival with over 30,000 lilies. This sounded like something fun.
I mentioned it to Mom & Dad late Friday night asking if they would be up for it. I thought it would be a nice ride and do something out of the ordinary. The event runs from 11-5pm on Saturday. First thing mom asks is what time does she have to get up. I say 8 am and she is fine with that. Nothing more is said.
This morning the dogs had me up early and I heard dad get up. So I goofed around a bit and then headed upstairs. Here mom was up and it was just after 8am. I asked if they wanted to go and mom said it was up to me. I said yes I'd like to go so we planned on leaving around 10.
We left at 10:30, stopped at the bank and were on the road at around 10:45. It was a nice ride and the countryside was nice and green (ok yellow too with canola). I believe we got to the location around noonish.
We went into the place and while mom went to the washroom, dad & I checked out their gift shop. We found out what we had to do for the U-pick of lilies. They had a variety of vases for different prices. They ranged from $15-$50. So you bought a vase and then went into the field and stuffed it with as many lilies as would fit.
We were in the field and greenhouses for about 1 hour. Mom & I had each bought a vase and started stuffing. Poor dad was carrying mom's vase around. It was a lot of fun and the different lilies was a nice sight. We went and gave the cutters back, they gave us more water for our vases and wrapped up the flowers for the drive home.
It was a beautiful day for a nice drive to the countryside and pick flowers.
My Bouquet
