March 22nd

Another frustrating day with our wifi connection. Hey it's up, no it's not, wait maybe - arghhh. The weather on the other hand was fabulous, about 80F today. It was pretty warm this morning, so I got out on the bike early. Made a few miles today & it's proving easier since I added the water bottle. We sure go through a lot of water here. The tap water is OK, so we use it when ever we can. After lunch I played in the inter-park pool tournament. It's the last one for the winter season. After this week anyone interested plays and as the numbers dwindle, they get all the 6 parks together and draw for partners. Just another example of how the season is drawing to a close. After pool Gerry's wife [Thanh] dropped off a package of cookies. She always stops in during the poker game and if he is losing before, it always turns his luck around. A few weeks back, as a joke, one of the other players said she couldn't come unless she was bringing cookies. Anyway she made these delicious oatmeal raisin cookies and gave each player a small bag of 3. Marg went out to pick up a few things over around the big shopping area on Signal Butte. Those of us from Alberta & parts of BC seem to be the only ones with poor weather at home. The people in the east are already in very nice weather and some seem to be leaving early. Got a nice surprise in the mail, a nice picture book & card from the Smith family for my birthday. This is my second package in the mail, from them. It's really funny some stuff arrives very quickly while other things seem to be on a slow boat via China. Anyway Charlene put together a very nice photo book, thanks darling. BBQ steaks for supper with vegetables on the bbq as well. It's too hot to cook inside and Marg always does these up nice. After supper we took a walk around the park with the Bingers and stopped to look at the owls, but it was too dark by then to seem them. The great horned owls had 2 chicks again this winter. I think that has happened every year. They nest in the palm trees. Not sure where the days go, but time is sure passing quickly down here.