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Bob and Lisa overlooking ice-covered Clearwater Lake.JPG)
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Hilda holding some of the 10 miles of ice still covering Clearwater LakeIn the past few days we've certainly experienced what Canada has to offer in the great outdoors in the spring.
We hit The Pas and explored the museum which presented many interesting facts about the wildlife and the history of the area.
Rick and Fran hosted me at their lakeside home and Rick introduced Bec and I to the adrenaline rush of catching lake trout on an ice covered lake! Rick introduced Matt and Bob to the joy of sitting in the boat and trying to catch trout on an ice covered lake!!
This was followed by quad bike riding (where I spotted a rarely sighted Timberwolf) and a short bushwalk to the caves and a lookout point over an expanse of ice that took our breath away.
We then farewelled yet another group of friends and headed to the northern-most point on our trip ... Thompson. On the way we visited the beautiful Pisew Falls and Paint Lake, where at Pisew Falls we not only saw a spectacular cliff of snow slowly melting in the spring weather but also the impressive suspension bridge built by the Thompson Rotary Club.
Today we each explored our vocational interests with me spending the morning with the local newspaper editor Donna and visiting the residential care unit. As a fundraiser it was interesting to chat to someone on the "other side" of community fundraising ie. a local media service, as our media supporters on the Sunshine Coast help us so greatly in the work that we do. Donna is also on a committee setting up the local hospital foundation so we chatted about fundraising events that we've both worked on.
Tonight we present to the club at a bbq and tomorrow we head one kilometre underground at the local nickel mine and visit the hyrdo plant at the dam. There may even be a spot of fishing tomorrow night while we search the skies for the beautiful northern lights. It doesn't get dark here until around 11pm so there's lots of time for night time activity, which is unusual for us ... but great as the days still aren't long enough.
So the adventure continues with one more week to go. On Thursday we embark on a 9 hour drive to Saskatoon where we'll attend the District Conference and reunite with a lot of friends made along the way.
Lisa
We hit The Pas and explored the museum which presented many interesting facts about the wildlife and the history of the area.
Rick and Fran hosted me at their lakeside home and Rick introduced Bec and I to the adrenaline rush of catching lake trout on an ice covered lake! Rick introduced Matt and Bob to the joy of sitting in the boat and trying to catch trout on an ice covered lake!!
This was followed by quad bike riding (where I spotted a rarely sighted Timberwolf) and a short bushwalk to the caves and a lookout point over an expanse of ice that took our breath away.
We then farewelled yet another group of friends and headed to the northern-most point on our trip ... Thompson. On the way we visited the beautiful Pisew Falls and Paint Lake, where at Pisew Falls we not only saw a spectacular cliff of snow slowly melting in the spring weather but also the impressive suspension bridge built by the Thompson Rotary Club.
Today we each explored our vocational interests with me spending the morning with the local newspaper editor Donna and visiting the residential care unit. As a fundraiser it was interesting to chat to someone on the "other side" of community fundraising ie. a local media service, as our media supporters on the Sunshine Coast help us so greatly in the work that we do. Donna is also on a committee setting up the local hospital foundation so we chatted about fundraising events that we've both worked on.
Tonight we present to the club at a bbq and tomorrow we head one kilometre underground at the local nickel mine and visit the hyrdo plant at the dam. There may even be a spot of fishing tomorrow night while we search the skies for the beautiful northern lights. It doesn't get dark here until around 11pm so there's lots of time for night time activity, which is unusual for us ... but great as the days still aren't long enough.
So the adventure continues with one more week to go. On Thursday we embark on a 9 hour drive to Saskatoon where we'll attend the District Conference and reunite with a lot of friends made along the way.
Lisa
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