Well, here we are on Labour Day, and I am not attending a parade nor a memorial service for fallen workers, as some of my old colleagues undoubtedly are doing. I am back on the road, about 3800 km now since I started out a week and a half ago.
Yesterday I drove from Moose Jaw to Medicine Hat, and where the heck do these places get their names anyway? LUCKILY, my old buddy Matt K or "Klim" to many of us who know him, was home for the long weekend and we had a marvellous visit. He is as hilarious as ever, busy in his retirement writing books, reading volumes of history, acting as secretary for the local USI, and enjoying life. Other than thinning hair (and who wants fat hair), he looks GREAT. His Polish grandfather lived to be 104, so he has good genes.
I am in Brooks AB at a McDonald's restaurant, enjoying a pretty good wifi signal along with my coffee and double cheeseburgers. My laptop has not been performing flawlessly, and so if I get a half-hour of more or less trouble-free Internet I am a happy camper!
This afternoon I hope to hit Calgary, and if I EVER get my sister-in-law's street address I hope to visit Gabrielle and her husband Clarence. They have just been back in Ontario with my wife's family for their annual family rebellion. (Heck, I missed it!) And I have no idea what time their flight arrives in Calgary, etc etc. During my military career we tried to plan things in somewhat more detail............
In two days I need to be in Prince George, and then on to Fort Fraser for the elk and mule deer hunt. Wish me luck!
Doug
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