Mini Hike

This morning Carol took Hiroko and I out to hike up Moose Mountain. It
looked like it was going to be a lot of fun with a plethora of
different terrain. Unfortunately the clouds rolled in and the thunder
started booming so after a mere 1.6 out of 6.4km to the top, we
decided to turn back. The rain came ... and then it went and the blue
sky came out again.

Damn.

So on the way back to Calgary we stopped at Allan Bill Park and then
did the Fullerton Loop 6.4km hike. It went a fair way up so Hiroko was
puffing quite hard (Miss Triathlete wasn't even breaking a sweat) and
we were all avoiding big, sloppy "real cow pies", the kind if you
stepped in you might sink to your knee.

It was wet, but it was good. Nice to feel the back of my head damp
from sweat. After spending several weeks in Italy walking for 10hours
a day, and then very little walking on the bus tours and since coming
to Canada,we really miss it.

Tonight Dave & Quan Ling with their girls, and Sam are coming over to
Carol & Lorne's for dinner so it will be nice to see them all again.

Lorne is currently vacuuming, Hiroko and Carol are showering
(separately) and I'm uploading these three photos to share with the
world.

Just imagining living less than an hour away from this kind of stuff
makes our heart ache. Hiroko says she doesn't miss Tokyo "AT ALL". And
I don't blame her one bit. The wide open space is something that is
hard to find, living in Tokyo.

We head back to Tokyo on Sunday, arrive Monday, and then need to get
ready for hosting Rene. I have to remember that we promised to take a
train out to Matsumoto City to meet him there and bring him back to
Tokyo to stay with us for a few days.

When I get the. Keep all rendered I will upload it, however this is
likely to be the final update on this leg of our Great Adventure. It
has been amazing and I can't believe that as of tomorrow we will have
been away from Tokyo for two months!