Posts from — July 2008

Well have we been busy or what? We are trying to get the renovation to our basement suite finished and it seems to be dragging on. Or, as someone once said “It feels like death by a thousand duck bites”! Anyway, we are very close to finishing, but it is definitely the small stuff that is taking the time. It’s the old 80-20 Rule firmly in play here. Sill & Sill on Homes – we are renovation experts!

Tomorrow we are off to Vancouver for the night. Then over to Vancouver Island and Horne Lake for our Annual Reunion with Good Friends from the past 30+ years. Sunday we head back to Vancouver to spend a couple days seeing the sights and sounds and food of Vancouver with Dean & Judy (Brenda’s brother and his wife). Tuesday night we have tickets to Monty Pythons Spamalot at the Arts Center in Vancouver; it promises to be lots of laughs. We’ll give you a full report when we return.

Later……… Larry

Well, we made it home safe and sound to Kamloops. Thanks Jeff and Lindsay and Willow for a great weekend. We got an early start so highway traffic wasn’t too bad, even though it is the start of the summer holiday season.

The Rockies were spectactular as usual, a few clouds and it looked like it might rain but it never did.

Tonight is catch up from being away and it is time to plan for the next adventure.

Later……… Larry

Sunday was a pretty laid back day in Calgary. We started out by walking over to a Stampede Pancake Breakfast at the Scenic Acres Center. Lots of people, a band and really good food. The Scenic Acres Community Association did a great job….. Thanks

After breakfast we went for a drive to Baker Park, this is where Jeff and Lindsay were married almost one year ago.

From Baker Park we hiked across the Bow River to Bowness Park. Bowness has great hiking trails; good paths, good elevation change and good eating for the mosquitoes, especially nearer the Bow River.

Tonight is a steak dinner , a Family photo and then packing for the trip home.

More later……… Enjoy!

We had a great day on Saturday. It started with a great omelet breakfast prepared by Jeff; if you haven’t had one of Jeff’s omelets then you haven’t eaten. Seriously, he should get out of the electrical engineering and computer web blog design business and start an “Omelet Restaurant”.

So at Saturday’s Stampede we visited a lot of the exhibits early and people traffic wasn’t too bad. We were there with Jeff and Lindsay. I was able to pick up some more Canadian Military wrist bracelets from the Calgary Military Family Resource Center. This is a great group of volunteers and military folks who are there as support for families who’s loved ones are away serving their Country. Whether or not you support the military, there are still families left behind with loved ones that need your support. So check the web site out MFRC.

The highlight of the day was attending the Heavy Horse Show followed by the Open Team Cattle Penning. The Heavy Horse Show was an unplanned surprise, we really enjoyed it. The Calgary Symphony Orchestra played during the showing of the teams and for a victory lap by the first place winner. This was immediately followed by the Open Team Cattle Penning. A Calgary Stampede record was set where a team of three riders were able to separate (cut from the herd) three numbered cows in a time of 16:63 secs! WOW!

The evening ended with a great dinner at Van Gogh’s Restaurant in Valley Ridge!

Thanks Jeff and Lindsay for a great day!

This is our log and our first post. Our son Jeff set this up for us and we really appreciate his support. Our heads are spinning after watching him move from page to page and from site to site. So, we have enough knowledge to be confused and will learn our way through the rest. Thanks….. Jeff

We plan to keep a regular log (journal) of our activities, travels and life in general. Retirement promises to be a busy and exciting time.