The Egg Tour

The year was 2002.  With the help of my compadre Geoff Wall, I set out on a national tour to spread the word on the wonders of eggs for the Egg Marketing Board of Canada.

The trip was long and arduous as Geoff and I faced many challenges.  I documented many of our days on the Egg tour via email under the guise of “FROM THE MOBILE OFFICES“.  Here is the first of many emails that I sent home during the trip.

Hello all,
The excellent egg adventure has hit Nova Scotia.  Duke and I just got off a seven hour ferry ride from Port Au Basque, Newfoundland.  We are currently situated in Sydney and will be here for two days.  The trip has been a real eye opener so far.  Newfoundland was definitely a different experience.  I couldn’t understand a thing anyone said to me the whole time we were there.  A typical conversation went a little something like this: Typical NEWFIE” You dem dere boys goin to dem dere junos eh buddy?” then my typical response was “HUH????”  The language barrier notwithstanding there wasn’t much to do in Newfoundland, so we pretty much spent our time in our hotel rooms longing for some kind of coverage of our beloved blue jays.  We did get out long enough to visit a Don Cherry’s restaurant, however it seems as though i contacted a bad case of food poisoning and I have been ill for a few days.  Driving in Newfoundland was great, I don’t think we saw 20 cars on the Trans Canada Highway the whole time we were on it.  As for the events we ran they were moderately successful.  The 20 foot inflatable egg drew oohs and ahhs from most Newfoundler’s (or at least that’s what I think they were saying) and Geoff and I were at our charming best.  One elderly lady even went as far as saying that I looked like Prince Andrew, she became an instant favorite with me after that comment.  Subsequently Geoff has coined me with the moniker of PRINCE for the rest of the trip.  Well I should really get some sleep as I didn’t get any last night on the Ferry ride.  If anyone needs to contact me they can call a toll free number 1 888 881 3088 and leave me a voice mail at ext 4271.  I have to check my messages three times a day so
that would be your best bet to reach me.  Also I’m on MSN messenger quite frequently.  Well I’m off, take care everyone and i’ll stay in touch.
 
President and CEO of Arsenault INC.
Ryan Arsenault