Summer continues to swing past at an alarming rate, can hardly believe it’s already mid July. From what i can tell the weather here as also been a bit of a far crazy from the miserable rainy days that you aussies are currently getting.
Wakefest the other week was a busy time, kind of like a big day out/spring break atmosphere. Managed to score some free tickets and check out a bit of it but was unfortunately working for most of it. Emily came and stayed for a while though I didn’t get the chance to hang out much as I was working the whole time. She’s now up north a bit with a lot of the other Fernie crew (Lester, Jossy, Dingo) for the fruit picking season.
Managed to get some time to head off to the Calgary Stampede “the greatest outdoor show on earth”, and mingle with all the cowboys and cowgirls. Stayed with Jeremy and his girlfriend Sava which was cool and caught up at the Stampede with Marshall and also Jill briefly. Not one to resist local customs I drank myself into a stupor, hung out with some people up in a tree for a concert and can’t remember the “spectacular” fireworks display. My Alberta housemates were impressed with my insight into the gist of Stampede.
Marhsall drove back with me to Kelowna and we stopped in at Lake Louise for a refreshing swim, heedless of the fact that no one else was taking a dip, the 4 degree water temperature becoming the apparent reason.
Marshall is kicking around Kelowna for a few days before heading off to find some temp work.
Got out on the Lake yesterday to go wakeboarding in perfect glassy conditions.
Tonight is a our weekly pot luck night at the house which usually draws 20 or so people and always a good feed.
Jeremy and Sava are stopping by in the next week or so and Tom from Finnegans is also coming sometime soon so there always seems to be someone about ignoring my (feeble) protests and dragging me off to the Pub, but hey it’s summer, what can ya do?