Day 1 Claresholm, AB: Visitors Centre and Museum Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump World Heritage Site Frank, AB: Frank Slide Interpretive Centre Fernie, BC: Thrift Store Cranbrook, BC: Frank’s Steak and Schnitzel Haus Moyie Lake Provincial Park Day 2 Creston, BC: Black Bear Books Cafe & Kingfisher Used Book Store Nelson, BC: Hume Hotel Restaurant, downtown shopping, … [Read more…]
During our travels through southern BC, I was able to drop in to the Monastery of All Saints in Dewdney. The monastery has three residents and is presided over by Most Reverend Lazar Puhalo (Vladika), a retired archbishop (his biography is quite fascinating). I have been watching his YouTube videos for 3 or 4 years now, off … [Read more…]
Heading northwest from the Red Rocks in Waterton Lakes National Park is one of my friend’s favourite hikes. Chris has done this hike six times and will likely do it several more times. Our family sets out late morning on July 7 with Chris and Christie for a 7 km hike (with an elevation gain … [Read more…]
It’s been 1 year since I boarded a plane to visit two African countries and a community development organization in each one. Since that time, I’ve really let the ideas and realities of what is happening in these successful enterprises percolate. Here are the thoughts that have persisted. SOUTH AFRICA My first stop was Bhekulwandle, … [Read more…]
January Sick Day. Snow Day. Gaming weekend in Canmore. Concerts: Living with Lions, Whitehorse. Semester 1 ends: Math 10C, Math 20-2, Multi-Media February Dragonfly Cohousing Social Media Blitz. Man Scouts Beer Tasting. Demitor Visit in Edmonton. Peter turned 80 in High River. Semester 2 begins: Calculus, Math 30-2, Multi-Media. March Mother-in-law visit. Turned 37. Fundraising … [Read more…]
In July, my sister Saison and I celebrated the 10th anniversary of our cycling trip from coast to coast across Canada with a two day, 170 km trip on Highway 22 (the Cowboy Trail) from Cochrane to Rocky Mountain House, AB. While both of us have continued to cycle recreationally since our epic trip, neither … [Read more…]
My first week in Africa was spent with the wonderful Waldon family who have been in the Amanzimtoti / Bhekulwandle area of South Africa for the last six years. I knew them in Saint Albert when I was working my first job out of university at their church. Amber and I have been supporting their … [Read more…]
The third largest lake in Africa, Lake Malawi forms an aquatic political divide between Malawi, Tanzania and Mozambique. It is also one of the deepest lakes in the world. In the middle of our 11 day stay in Malawi, we spent 2 nights in Cape MacLear which lies in the UNESCO protected Lake Malawi National … [Read more…]
On the left is Malawi, where I spent 12 days. On the right is Mozambique, where I spent 5 minutes taking the following photo in a village (thanks to Richard for pulling over and letting me take a picture in Mozambique): Kind of funny as the people in this village speak Chewa and Portuguese (and … [Read more…]
The second female president of an African nation happens to be flying in first class on my flight from Johannesburg to Lilongwe on April 1. Joyce Banda, president of Malawi, has just completed a several week foreign tour. As we land, I could see a large welcoming assembled on the tarmac. An announcement is made … [Read more…]