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Out to the Left Coast

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Somewhat on the spur of the moment, I decided to go out and visit Pat in Victoria. After checking with him, I booked my flight on Porter from Hamilton to Vancouver, the Harbour Air from VCR to Victoria. And (of course) my stay at the Best Western. And Pat had some days off over the weekend of July 23-28. So we were set. My plane was set to go at 7AM, which meant an early rise for me. Breakfast and a new carafe of coffee for Darlene to remember me by, and I was off. It was great to see the sunrise while driving to the airport, and I got there in good time. One of my worries was soon put to rest: I got a disabled spot close to the actual airport entrance, and off I went to get checked in. The Enbrauer jet that Porter uses has only four seats across, so you either have an aisle or a window seat. I had the aisle, which was fine for me. My row-mate at the window turned out to be a woman going to BC to help her daughter with wedding plans. She was very happy to be going; we had a nice chat. ...
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One more time in the West

 This trip is kind of a spontaneous one. It seemed like a good idea to go out and visit our son Patrick. It seemed like about time that I took the train again. And I checked the VIA site and there was a special on a train from the west (Vancouver) to Toronto. This all cam together into an air trip to Victoria, a visit with Patrick, and a trip back from Vancouver via VIA. And my back was feeling better enough that I elected to go Premium Economy rather than Business Class on the Air Canada part of the trip.   I booked my train back from Vancouver with no problem, but then talked to Mary (my sister), and she was interested iin doing that trip as well, and it would fit in with her plan to re-visit the Okanagan Valley friends. She tried and couldn’t get onto the same train as I had done. And I had already booked a cabin for two. So she bunked in with me for the ride home.   Now, the time in Victoria was meant to be time with Patrick, and some add-on visits to my friends. The ...
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August 1, 2022. Crow Lake to Perth

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  Our canoe trip this year turned out to be a bike trip. Joel and I felt that, since I have had back pain from spinal stenosis, my lifting/carrying was seriously affected, and I could not be relied on to do the kind of work we both need for canoe camping. And since I can bike without much pain, we felt that a bike trip would work. Richard was good enough to allow us to use his cottage as a base. We had looked at the K-P trail that goes along the side of highway 38, from Kingston to Sharbot Lake, as a possibility. But it would have involved a trip of about 80 km, and we both felt that was too ambitious for us. We decided on another trail—the Tay Valley trail, which goes from Sharbot Lake to Perth. We would bike from the cottage, go north from Crow Lake via Cross Road, and pick up the trail east of Sharbot Lake. Sounds simple, eh? We were all set: a day’s bike to Perth, a day in Perth, and a day to return. Of course, it didn’t work out as planned.  We got a good start thou...
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