Weekend

After a couple of busy weeks, Lori and I had a quiet weekend at home. We spent time on Saturday mapping out our travel plans for the next year. We broke down our destinations into Definite, Probable and Maybe columns. Then we slated those into months based on weather and availability. We are very excited.

The weather has gone back to cool and wet, but I'm not going to complain about it because it's nothing compared to what everyone in Southern Alberta is going through right now. I've had a few people ask about our condo back in Calgary. It is close to the river but it never fell into the evacuation zone. It stopped about 5 blocks east of our place and directly across the river as well. The height of the bank where we are must have helped. We were concerned about ground water seeping into the foundation, like it did in 2005, but we have a large sump pump in the basement and as long as we didn't lose power, it should be fine. We hope to hear more today.

Of course we've been following online and it's made the major news networks in Europe as well. Some of the pictures from Calgary and our old neighbourhood in High River, have been unbelievable. I think one of the most powerful pictures was from inside the Saddledome. To imagine the water up to the 8th row is unreal.

I can't imagine The Calgary Stampede starting in 11 days, not that it matters. There are more pressing issues for the city and the people right now anyway. I hope everyone stays safe and life gets back to normal soon. I also hope that the South Saskatchewan river spares Medicine Hat. Good luck.

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