My brother-in-law and his wife (and their young son who saved his money to help contribute!) got an above ground pool for their acreage which is halfway between where we camp at Nickle Lake and Weyburn.
Still too cold for me but Sasha and her cousin were brave enough to try it out. Will be a good excuse to go for a visit in July when it’s super hot out!
Instead of just posting a random picture from the past, I thought I’d try something new and post a link to a long ago article to take advantage of the fact that I have kept this blog going for nearly twenty years (!) which means its going to qualify for a pension soon!
I’ve basically lived near it for 50+ years. But in all my trips through the Qu’Appelle Valley, had never walked the Stations of the Cross at Lebret.
Of course, being an atheist, I also had no desire to climb it for religious reasons.
But perhaps I was inspired by the new Pope being named. Or a visit to see my parents in Indian Head which reminded me of so many fond childhood memories spent climbing the sides of the Qu’Appelle Valley by our farm (most notably, the “Hogs Back” hill.) Or a related factor – feeling sentimental after my dad completed the sale of our family farm earlier this year which means I no longer have the option to climb the hills of our family farm like I used to.
Or maybe it was just a curiosity to see if I could do it, on one of the hottest days of the year, without even a bottle of water, this overweight middle-aged man pulled over and began climbing!
I made it with a couple stops on the way up to catch my breathe. If asked, I would say the only miracle that occurred is that I made it to the top and back down again without suffering a heart attack. But I did think it was a bit too coincidental that this warning popped up on my watch right around the time I reached the summit!
