Relaxing
It is so, so nice to be on holiday and do nothing! Nada, zip, sfa, not! But there are observations to be made and pictures to be taken. Having said a sad good-bye to Mark and Jean, we are now on our own...
Arrivals and departures, Akumal, Mexico
Lawrie has arrived, and Mark and Jean are about to depart. Lawrie first, his curling team was three and eight. Not exactly last place, but close enough to wish for a bit better. The competition was a...
Playa Del Carmen
It is Ruth's last day in Mexico, she departs on a flight at 7 am tomorrow from Cancun. Her taxi is to arrive at 4 am for the one hour drive into Cancun. Guess our sleep will be in two stages tonight, and...
Tulum
Tulum is a place very close to Akumal that has a well visited historic Mayan site. The guide says: "For a bunch of old stone buildings, Tulum is a particularly impressive site, perched as it is high on...
Akumal, Mexico
Not ever been here before, but the opportunity arrived and so here I am. Along with my brother-in-law Mark, his wife Jean, and my sister Ruth. Mark and Jean have been here for almost a month already and...
Day Two and Three
Ohhh, it has been cold here. Unfortunately the long track speed skating is an outside sport here and we woke up to a chilly -37.5 on our thermometre. We thought the event wouldn't happen, but it...
Canada Winter Games 2007 are here!
Whitehorse is the location for the games and we've been preparing for this important (depending on your viewpoint) event for quite a few years ... and here it is. The majority of the athletes for the...
Senior Men’s Curling
Way to go! They won ... skipped by George Hilderman, ably assisted by Buck Bernie, Gord Zealand, and his truly, Lawrie Stewart. So the story is, they went to Watson Lake to establish the top two Yukon...
Scarves 1, 2, 3!
You can't have too many scarves ... especially when one tends to lose them as I did with a beautiful handspun black alpaca Falling Leaves Scarf by Lucy Neatby. I'm hoping to not repeat that misadventure...
Fall Colours
While we don't live in the eastern part of Canada where there are brilliant reds and oranges in the fall, we have, for a northern and western part of the country, had a beautiful fall. The cotoneaster...
Snafu!
What a wonderful weekend we had! Despite my having a cold, we left right away after work, drove an hour and a half to Snafu Territorial Campground (on the way to Atlin), loaded the canoe with gear...