The points in this video are all very true about the benefits of camping – more exercise, fresh air, better sleep, less electronics, etc. etc. – but I could probably do a list of the reasons camping (at least how we do it) isn’t as healthy!
From drinking Bailey’s with your morning coffee (and more booze throughout the day and evening) to eating a lot of hot dogs & chips and other junk foods to inevitable injuries (this last trip, my worst injury was from scratching a mosquito bite too much then having a sandal rub on it until it was pretty raw which doesn’t compare with my worst ever camping injury – broken wrist), camping can also have its downsides.
Nah, who am I kidding – those are all great parts of camping too – even the toe injury!
With this bike parade happening in Weyburn, I can’t help but think that some of these kids will likely grow up to join flag-festooned convoys of a different type when they’re older… 🙂
I accidentally ripped this decoration off a kid’s bike during a Bike Parade for Canada Day at Nickle Lake when my father-in-law and I were trying to work around it to help him get his chain back on.
But I feel like this photo may be a metaphor for Canada in some ways too…
[At this time of year, I don’t know why I even bother trying to keep up my “a post a day” habit since we’re out at the lake every chance we get and since the Internet is crappy out there, I couldn’t post very easily, even if I wanted to. Then I get back and feel this weird need to “catch up”. Oh well, we’re starting two weeks’ holidays soon so that long stretch away will be a good reason to let the blog sit idle for a while like I have for other holidays over the years!]
It isn’t a farm fence but this pic of Pace with Grandpa Ray reminds me of the old John Mellencamp song, “Rain on the Scarecrow” (of course, it’s probably also an early sign of Pace’s love of parkour!)
A couple at the campground where we spend summers have an ice cream cart.
He said that it was parents & grandparents, not kids, who came running when they first started going around b/c many kids didn't know about ice cream trucks and bells.
Pace and Sasha are both done school as of today and in reviewing their report cards, I was particularly impressed with Pace’s mark in his Science Final…
Come to think of it, this feels like the mirror image of when I wrote a math test in Grade 7, was absolutely sure I got everything right but when I got my mark back…99%.
After double- and triple-checking my answers, I approached the teacher to ask why I only got 99%.
“Well, Mr. Hammond” he replied. “It’s important to remember nobody’s perfect.”
(No fucking duh, dude, but is docking a single mark in a math test I aced the best way to demonstrate it?!?)
