Tunnels, ghost stories and more

The campground we're at has it's own indoor waterslides (2 @ 200' each), a pool and hot tub which we checked out last night.  Much to our surprise when we asked Emily if she was going to go down the waterslide, she said yes, and headed for the stairs.  She's never been on a water slide other than those for smaller children - she wasn't comfortable with the idea.  For the next two hours that girl couldn't be stopped: climb the steps (with the rest of us of course,) down the slide, out of the water and back up the steps again.  More reasons to marvel.
This morning we visited the Tunnels of Moose Jaw.  There were 2 tours to select from: one about Al Capone and the prohibition and the other was about the Chinese immigrants to Canada around the late 1800's and early 1900's.  Both were good but the better was the one about the immigrants. 
When I lived in Caronport (15 minutes from here) an enjoyable location for cheesecake was Hopkins Dining Parlour.  Today I got to share that spot with the family as we had lunch.  Our timing was great in that most of the guests were gone when we finished.  That freed up the owner (since 1978) to tell us about the house and the stories about it having a ghost.  The lady whom the home was built for (by her husband) died while living in the home and her funeral was held there as well (that's just weird).  Anyways there have been stories of patrons and staff seeing apparitions and hearing footsteps.  To that I say pish-posh.  All the same, the restaurant has been featured on a television program highliting ghosts in buildings.  Our waitress showed us the 8 minute clip from the show.
The owner also told us about some of the details of the building - waffle ceilings, moved walls (to make room for a new staircase) and new subway tile in the addition added around 1986.  She showed us a very tall cabinet of sorts that dates back to the earloy 1600s, and showed off their player piano.  The kids hadn't seen anything like it before and Emily went so far as to check it for strings which may have been pulled by the unseen player of the piano.  Perhaps it was the late Mrs. Hopkins, was Katie's suggestion.  Anyways, after 24 years it was special to come back and enjoy the cheesecake again, and to share that with my family too.
We've decided to spend an additional night here which means Friday we'll be driving 6+ hours instead of coming just from Medicine Hat.  The plan is to wake earlier than usual, get dressed and out the door... to drive awhile then stop for breakfast and head for home. 
We have tickets for tomorrow night's presentation of the Pirates of Penzance, being done here in Moose Jaw, and we're really looking forward to it.  Aside from that we've not got other plans.  The weather has been cool today (17) with cloud and a breeze.  The wind overnight brought down branches off a tree a few rows from us but I don't think there was any damage.  Here's hoping it's warmer tomorrow: perhaps we'll take in the Trolley tour
Off to the pool...