Making It Up As I Go Along #372 (just week)

No story right now. In the middle of a big BC trip and just figured I'd put down what has been going on for the last little while. More to come later.

FRIDAY (June 5)...
— Hobble through the day as the knee is pretty swollen and sore. Work goes okay, but by the end of it, I’m tired and ready to lay down.
— Evening at home with a ball game and a bag of ice. Real exciting I know, but needed.

SATURDAY (June 6)...
— Knee improves through the day but still not super. Work is alright... quiet day and I actually do a few hours of AFIS work as well as CPSIC.

SUNDAY (June 7)...
— Knee isn’t good enough to go at fastpitch today. I go watch some before work anyway and the team is looking pretty good without me on the field.
--- Work is fairly slow... not unusual for a Sunday.

MONDAY & TUESDAY (June 8-9)…
--- All under one because it’s all one day to me. Up at 10:20 AM Monday… don’t get my afternoon nap… just not real sleepy.
--- Work and ball in the evening. We win at ball and I hit my second homer of the year doing it. Knee’s a bit sore still but still improving.
--- End work at 5:45 AM Tuesday… call a cab and get to the airport. Fly out of Ottawa around 8:00. Two movies on the plane to Vancouver. Then the plane to Castlegar… arrive in Castlegar around noon local time (3:00 PM Ottawa time).
--- Groceries with mom and dad and supper at home with everyone… and I’m a zombie that ends up having to go to bed at 8:00 PM local time (after being for 36 hours and 40 minutes).

WEDNESDAY (June 10)…
--- Up at 7:00. So that ends the sleep marathon of 11 hours. Still fuzzy in the head though.

THURSDAY (June 11)…
--- To Trail with mom and dad for lunch at Gyro Park. Nice spot with a beach along the Columbia River.
--- Some shopping stuff after that and BBQ for supper at home.

FRIDAY (June 12)…
--- Groceries with dad in the morning. Golf with Duff in the afternoon. And we have supper at the course that night… watching the Pens win the cup just after we’re done.

SATURDAY (June 13)…
--- House day. Did little. A few groceries and hang out around the house… with a walk in the evening.

SUNDAY (June 14)…
--- Off to Creston in the morning with mom, dad and I aiming for Lake Louise, Revelstoke, Nakusp and some other communities along the way for the next few days.
--- The nature reserve in Creston is quite nice. I get a broom to be shipped to me from Crawford Bay. We see a very light, beige, black bear along the road. And stop in Cranbrook for the night.

MONDAY (June 15)…
--- Long day of driving and staring at the surroundings. Kimberly for breakfast, then Kootenay Park, Banff Park and a few hours at Lake Louise. The weather holds for the most part and mom, dad and I have lunch at the Chateau Lake Louise.
--- From there it’s off to go through Yoho National Park and in to Golden. We check out the town but decide to move on and we drive through Glacier Park and stop at Revelstoke for the night.
--- On this leg of the trip we see three goats, about a half dozen deer, and a mother bear with her cub.

TUESDAY (June 16)…
--- A little shopping in Revelstoke before moving on. Down to Nakusp for lunch and a slow trek from there to Castlegar. I’m quite tired by the time we get to Castlegar but it was a great run through the Rockies and the National Parks. One of my favourite areas to be.