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Posts on ‘July 21st, 2006’

Year to date…

Total for this year is 485.3 km running and 826.01 biking. My biking has come to a complete halt for a couple weeks because of the 5peaks race and because I had a flat tire. Bought a new tube, but when I tried to install it I found out some of the tire [...]

5PEAKS Race Report…my first 5peaks trail race.

On July 15th I ran my first 5peaks trail race in Devon Alberta and here is my late report about it. Marilyn was a race Marshall and neither one of us remembered to take our camera so I have no pictures. People took pictures of me but where those are I don’t know. [...]

Better late than never…

Here are some shots of our trip to Marilyn’s home town of Outlook, Saskatchewan. It’s about 60 mile SW of Saskatoon on the South Saskatchewan River. We visited her sister in town, and her brother who is still working the home farm. He has no irrigation so he depends heavily on the [...]

Ah, the Canola Fields of Alberta!

Glorious. Here are a couple shots of the Canola fields near my home in sunny Devon, Alberta:
This first shot is taken down low to show the Canola flower.

The next shot is a little higher to show the vast extent of the Canola fields. It must look really spectacular from the air or from [...]