There is a saying about time flying when you’re having fun. I must be having fun because three weeks have gone by very quickly! My first class teaching urban poling since my instructor certification was three week ago. My “students” are all members of Pembina Active Living (55+) in my end of town. Twelve participants […]
Read MoreMy first attempt at urban poling My first experience at urban poling was not a good one. As I am writing this post, I can almost relive the day, full of embarrassment. It was the middle of summer and had done my research and bought my the poles I wanted. I had practiced in my […]
Read MoreToday was an unexpected bit of pleasure. We met Robin’s friends in Guayabitos for lunch a few days ago and they told us that each Friday, a group of people go on a 10 km hike from Los Ayala, over the Sierra Madre mountains to a town called El Monteón. We decided to join the group. I […]
Read MoreWe went to Regina last weekend to visit Subhadra in her Corrections Officer training program at the RCMP depot. I quite enjoy a prairie drive with the endless big open skies and the fields of wheat, flax, sunflowers, soybean and all the other crops that keeps us and much of the world fed. Before I […]
Read MoreThis was a busy month for birthdays Breen on August 8, Zaman on August 9/10 (started on Aug 9 and was actually born on Aug 10) , Ronin on August 13 and Sunita on August 14. So happy birthday to each of you. Since Zaman turned 60, it was cause for a big celebration so I […]
Read MoreThis was a perfect day to go on a Manitoba hike and that’s exactly what I did. We went with our Prairie Pathfinders group of about 50 people in total with Wendy and Leone as our lead guides. Robin and I left home at about 10:30am and arrived at the Pembina Valley Provincial Park (after […]
Read MoreI started this day in a state of anticipation and excitement. I was hoping to do a hike on the Great Wall but was not sure I would have the time while I was in Beijing. I did a search for companies who did tours and finally settled on +Beijing Hikers about a month ago and […]
Read MoreDistance: 8.1 kms TransCanada Trail map TransCanada Trail – the one we walked This was our last part of the trail but it’s taken us a while to do because Sharm was away on August 4 and she was staying with us on August 11 because they were selling their house and had an open […]
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