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forty-two…

24 Saturday Jul 2021

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Facebook brought up some interesting memories on this day from the last number of years…

eleven years ago it was a mention of spending the night at the hospital and having a procedure the following day… it doesn’t say that would be the first of forty–two days that I spent in that same hospital…

ten years ago we were in Courtenay, BC learning how to cook octopus, as we gathered fresh shrimp for our supper…

nine years ago, I was home recovering from a big surgery unable to lift even a couple of pounds, with a friend staying over to look after me;-)…

four years ago, I was watching my grandson participate in his first rowing competition…

quite the variety, lol…

camping, day two…

11 Saturday Aug 2018

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up and out early to get to the regatta for the final day…

my grandson’s heat was bumped up and we rounded the end of the lake at the same time as they finished their race… very disappointing… but it was good to see him before he headed off to rejoin the team…

then we got an invitation to go boating with the middle grandson’s friend’s family whose cottage was nearby…

we had a wonderful relaxing time while the boys played at the dock, followed by lunch on the deck, a nice boat ride and tubing… from there we returned for the final race… they looked great in their eight as they passed us…

got a photo of the eighteen year old with all his siblings and invited his other family to our campsite for dinner… it was such fun to watch his dad and stepmom try to figure out this goofy inflatable lounger, lol…

looking forward to a relaxing day tomorrow with no deadlines…

camping, day one…

10 Friday Aug 2018

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well, we really weren’t camping as we went to Rabbit Lake for the Northwestern Regatta…

the eldest grandson turned eighteen today so we were up early and drove for an hour, arriving just in time for his first race…

watched races, visited with people, dropped the younger boys off at a friend’s where we had a lovely visit before returning to the regatta for his next race…

at the end of race day, seven of us went out to celebrate the big birthday…

had a great time on a patio, then said goodbye to the older boys and headed back to the campground…

now we are in bed looking forward to day two of the regatta…

raceday…

23 Sunday Jul 2017

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as we drove out to Rabbit Lake for the Regatta we stopped so I could get a shot of the runway, lol…


reminded me of driving along Ness by the airport…

it was a lovely sunny day, until it wasn’t… all of a sudden these huge dark clouds appeared and the thunder started rolling… 


our guy was at the start line for his first race ever when they announced that everyone had to come off the water…

then we waited to see if the downpour was going to stop… in the club, along with all the boats they had sandwiches, fruit, treats and souvenirs, which we might never have seen without the rain, lol…


all the grandparents stood around under the awning with the mother and son and had a snack…

there was one lighting strike right across the lake which had everyone jump about a foot off the ground… we could smell the ozone… after about 45 minutes the rain stopped and clouds broke up… 

the sky cleared and the races were back on… our boy did very well… he finished his singles… it was a long way… 


then he had to come back to the dock and jump into the boat with his doubles partner and off they went… they got a third place in that race… all in all it was an excellent start to his rowing career…

lots of fun to watch but we did learn that we are going to need binoculars for this sport, lol…

rowing…

22 Saturday Jul 2017

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yesterday, started our morning at the campsite… quick breakfast and my daughter, oldest grandson and I headed to Rabbit Lake, on the outskirts of Kenora… 

it is a lovely little lake that is going to be the site for rowing at the Canada Games over the next few weeks…

we spent a good portion of our day here… waiting for the boats to arrive, watching the kids get them offloaded, and then various practices as they prepared for today’s Tops and Bottoms Regatta…

we headed into town for a bit of the time where we had lunch at the Boathouse, which seemed fitting, lol… while we were there it started to pour… there was thunder, and lightning was flashing… we had to go back and get our boy, but did stop for some chips from the Ye Old Chip truck… I mean, we were in Kenora, lol…

picked up our boy, came back into town and checked into the hotel… our room had a great view of the harbour…

back at Rabbit Lake the sun came out and we actually got to see some rowing… very proud of my grandson as he prepares for his first races…

after practice it was back to town for supper and an early evening…

he went out with his teammates and we had dinner in the Waterside Restaurant which is high above the water and offered stunning views… the food was very tasty…

not sure how many pictures I took, lol…

memory-filled day…