Hiked up Yamnuska today. Just went to the rocks. Weather was getting bad some came back without climbing around. Not a real difficult hike. About 45 minutes from Calgary on 1A. You can go along Highway 1 then the turnoff for Exshaw and when you get to 1A come back at bit and take the turnoff north to the parking lot.
Last evening about 8 PM we went out in Deep Cove and the Indian Arm kayaking with about 20 other people. We were out for about 3 hours. It was a full moon and about half the time we were only lite by the moon. It was so bright you could easily see colours. We saw seals and luminescent algae. The water was so wonderfully smooth. Kayaking at night with a full moon on calm water with the mountains rising up around you. Was so great. The video below is a few seconds of us taking off on our Sunday morning kayak.
Kayaking Puget Sound, the San Juans, and Gulf Islands: 50 Trips on the Northwest’s Inland Waters
Last Saturday I swam in the event at Kelowna, BC. It was the 65th year of the event. It was my first open water swim. It was 2.1 kilometers. At least that’s what is should be in a straight line. I’m more than a little certain that I did not go in a straight line. Got cut off a couple of times by people crossing in front of me and such. And now that it is over I can say it was great fun. I was in the first wave and we were waiting in the water for some of the speeches before the start – it was getting a little cold. I was not as fast as I’d hoped but with all the factors of going crooked having to lift my head many times and do a bit of breaststroke to get my bearings I’m completely happy with my time of 39 minutes. I placed 170 out of 650 people.
Last weekend at the dinner/dance Saturday evening part of the event was sponsored by A&W. They had four girls on roller skates serving drinks, particularly root beer floats to all the attendees. They had the A&W car there and I was able to get the girls to pose with that as well. They were really having a great time!
At the Olds 100 year celebration I was able to get some nice shots of some of the cars on display. Fortunately there was some very nice weather on Saturday and even though the ground was wet and there were a few extra mosquitos, it was busy and looked like all were having fun.
