Our last full day in Jasper all the parent volunteers were up early again, cooking breakfast and setting up the "pack it yourself" lunch station. By 8:30, students were tucking into scrambled eggs, chicken & apple sausages and hashbrowns, with sliced oranges and bananas on the side. After clearing and washing the breakfast dishes, they …
It seems to be a tradition! When we're ready for our first bike ride of the year, we head to Edworthy Park where we hop on our city bikes and ride the scenic, almost flat, extensive Bow River Pathway system. Yesterday, our schedules aligned. We both had about 4 hours open in the morning/early afternoon …
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In late April, just a couple weeks after our first two hikes of 2012, K's heel injury flared up again. Through May and June he suspended his taekwondo training and his teachers agreed to modified (low- to no-impact) phys-ed and DPA (daily physical activity). Meanwhile, we had to wait 5 weeks to see our family …
The last time Mrs. GeoK tried to visit the Leighton Art Centre was about 5 years ago, in the middle of winter, as a volunteer parent chaperone / driver for a class trip. With snow falling, our small caravan of cars departed the school and headed south. The sharp corners, rolling hills and accumulated snowfall …
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We dropped our bikes off for their annual spring tune-ups on Easter Monday and they were finally ready for pick-up yesterday (3-week turnaround). We didn't waste any time planning our first geobiking outing of the year for today! (FYI, geobiking = geocaching by bike.) A few of our geocache hides needed new log sheets, so …
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