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Sick and tired

I've been home over a week now and meant to update this blog however I've been busy working and then I got sick....I had my B.C. cold that was getting better but then I woke up last Friday morning feeling the worst I have felt in years. I have the cold from hell and the cough from someplace even worse. I had a house guest over the weekend for four nights and felt badly as I could not do much with her. My attempts at cooking meals were pathetic and I could not go on walks with her. I did part of one walk with her and then came home on shaky legs. This past Monday I rented a car (I had booked a car for the weekend but cancelled it due to not feeling at all well on Saturday) and drove down to Weyburn to do a 10km walk there. Well my friends did 10 km - I did 6 and that was more than enough for me as I needed energy to drive. They gave me an SUV - I hate SUV's but that was all they had and I did enjoy driving it. Luckily it was a small one - a Ford Escape. However Mon

Hi from Kelowna

Well here I am at the library in downtown Kelowna - what a beauty of a place. I do love libraries. I get much more excited over libraries than stupid hockey games. (so there!) Almost done the walk - fantastic! Walked through a couple of marshes and saw a Blue Heron - gorgeous. Walked along Okanagan lake for about half the walk which was beautiful. It is a gorgeous day out - not as horribly hot as it was in Kamloops yesterday. Everyone in every place I have visited on this trip is so happy good weather is here as they have suffered through a very wet pig of a Spring as well. I stopped off and had an iced Chai Latte at a coffee shop (I LOVE coffee shops) - that's the beauty of being on my own - can just stop when I want and do what I want...ah freedom. I saw the Same Sun hostel which is right across from the hotel where I started the walk - much nicer as in bigger and a proper building. And cleaner...oh man can't believe I am saying that as I am not a clean freak (to put it mildl

Oh my god I feel old

Am sitting at the Kelowna youth hostel and oh my...it is funky. My room is painted purple with blue dolphins on which is cute but it would be nice if it had more than one light (a lamp) Upstairs it`s crowded and they are all watching some bizarre movie. When I walked in they looked at me like I was some sort of alien or their mother...youth hostels can attract all ages but tonight I am the only oldie. Anyway may go up later and try to find a seat on the couch. :) Hopefully they will store my bags for me tomorrow - should not be a problem. Hot in here but am using all the outlets to charge stuff for the 26 hour hound trip tomorrow. I will put it on later... The walk in Kamloops was HOT and flooding so I got redirected again...but I`ve done it so that walking program is done. Was able to get public transit to and from downtown. Other than that not much to report - am pretty tired. Hoping for a nice walk tomorrow. I have to repack tonight and get my `bus stuff`out ready for tomorrow night
Well here I am in Hope. Fun but tiring day. I took the bus downtown and that was exciting - a drunk passed out snoring loudly. Though I bet I could outdo him in a contest. (the snoring that is...the drinking probably not..)The driver phoned transit security and they came and escorted him off the bus. Guess he's a 'regular'. Got the bus on time and arrived into Hope just after noon. Checked into the motel and changed and off I went on the 10km walk. It was a beautiful walk but it was very warm so it felt like about 12 km and took me three hours with no stops except for photography. One of the trails was flooded so had to walk along the main road. Hope (named by the Hudson Bay Company for being hopeful of better trade) is a lovely town .There are chain saw wooden carvings all over the town as well which is fun. I walked along a river dyke and saw a couple of marmots - how cute. Am always afraid I will see a bear - am such a chicken shit it's not even funny. I am a city gi

Fabulous day

The sun shone and my cold is almost over. Yippee skippy!!! I walked the seawall in Stanley Park - my favourite walk in Vancouver. It was absolutely beautiful...as always. Quite busy with lots of people walking and cycling - I really like that they keep the cyclists and walkers on separate paths. I stopped and had lunch at Second Beach - sat on a log on the beach and ate fish and chips. It doesn't get much better than that. Enjoyed every last morsel. After I left the seawall I walked down Denman St enjoying the atmosphere. Then I took the bus over to West Vancouver and did a 5 km walk in Ambleside - walked along the Capalino River, through a dog beach - I love that area and sat and enjoyed the dogs splashing in the ocean for quite a while...could have sat there all day! I then ended the walk by having an iced latte sitting overlooking the ocean - beautiful. I sat waiting for the bus to downtown Vancouver and then I felt impulsive and crossed to the other side of the road and got the

Rain rain go away

A very rainy day here - nonstop. No walking today - well map walk that is. I walked all over downtown. It was a shopping day! I headed over on the Seabus to North Vancouver and had breakfast there (toast and eggs) then looked in the shops. I got myself a float duckie tea infuser just because...well I am a sicko. I thought it was so cute. Then back downtown to get a few things including a couple of new tops and capri pants. Went to New Balance and ended up getting new running shoes - they are being shipped home free of charge. Bits and pieces - oh yes went to Murchies and had an apricot tea latte - it was good. And okay got two more bags of tea - I need them like a hole in the head but oh well....just little bags.... Had an early supper (3:30) at a 50's/60's diner - grilled cheese and a chocolate orange (yummy) milkshake. And that's about it for today...just hanging around rainy downtown. I have a very runny nose and a very noisy cough so did not want to go to a movie, etc.

Another item on the bucket list done

I went on a seaplane today - have been wanting to go on one for years so decided to go for it. It was called the mail run but really no mail - just cargo sometimes but none this time. Just passengers - we landed in Ganges, Salt Spring Island and then Maple Bay on Vancouver Island. Wow wow wow. Loved it. Will be doing it again. It cost a fortune but so worth it. I think next time I do Vancouver/Victoria I will be doing the seaplane in between!!! It was very smooth and such a thrill. Absolutely loved it. I had a light breakfast in case I got sick but I was fine. I didn't get much walking in today - decided to take a day off as my cold is steadily getting worse (they took my backpack off me on the plane and stored it so luckily had my cameras out but no kleenex!!!! Not good!). I started off the day at Wreck beach - the clothing optional beach here at UBC. The path is right behind my dorm - it was a long staircase up and down but it was wonderful. I was the only one on the beach for mo