The last time I posted, we had just begun our vacation. Today, we are four days from returning home after almost a month on the road! We visited three families of children with their children - our grandchildren - and an ailing friend in another city. We have traversed most of three Canadian provinces, and experienced a couple of rain and wind storms.
Among the highlights of our travels was a memorable dinner with daughter Janet and her two sons, with the fiancee of of one of the boys. We had a lovely weekend with Kathryn and company, watching our grandson Angus (15) pass from boy to adolescent, and report for his very first ay of work. A long and deep conversation with Keith and Kathy was greatly appreciated by myself and by Beatrix, helping me to connect again with my son.
Visiting Gordon and Hazel in Regina was a good thing to do. Gordon is ailing and his spouse, who recently broke her hip, is frail. Her rrazor ssharp wit remains intact, however, and provided lots of humor during our time together.
At this point, we are back in Val Marie and on the edge of the Grasslands National Park, where we did our first hike today. I am frustrated by my diminished capacity for uphill walking, and hence, the lessening of my chances of doing all the walking I'd like to do. This time, an added complication is Beatrix' hip bursitis, which slows he down, and gives her considerable pain to boot.(Bad pun....)
We shared a musical concert in the hotel bar last evening with a large crowd of locals. The music wasn't my favourite style, butt the cause was the support of the Prairie Winds coffee shop, bookstore and museumm and bookstoore..The iPaad is accting up again,, o I'll stop..
Among the highlights of our travels was a memorable dinner with daughter Janet and her two sons, with the fiancee of of one of the boys. We had a lovely weekend with Kathryn and company, watching our grandson Angus (15) pass from boy to adolescent, and report for his very first ay of work. A long and deep conversation with Keith and Kathy was greatly appreciated by myself and by Beatrix, helping me to connect again with my son.
Visiting Gordon and Hazel in Regina was a good thing to do. Gordon is ailing and his spouse, who recently broke her hip, is frail. Her rrazor ssharp wit remains intact, however, and provided lots of humor during our time together.
At this point, we are back in Val Marie and on the edge of the Grasslands National Park, where we did our first hike today. I am frustrated by my diminished capacity for uphill walking, and hence, the lessening of my chances of doing all the walking I'd like to do. This time, an added complication is Beatrix' hip bursitis, which slows he down, and gives her considerable pain to boot.(Bad pun....)
We shared a musical concert in the hotel bar last evening with a large crowd of locals. The music wasn't my favourite style, butt the cause was the support of the Prairie Winds coffee shop, bookstore and museumm and bookstoore..The iPaad is accting up again,, o I'll stop..
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