Saturday, Nov 22

"Life in itself is an empty canvas, it becomes whatsoever you paint on it. You can paint misery, you can paint bliss. This freedom is your glory." --- Osho

Maybe we should paint Sunny Saturday Mornings!

Alas, the sun is coming out for tomorrow!!! Just be sure to dress for the cool start to the day!

By now, I'm sure everyone has heard the very sad news of Yolaine Madge's passing. Yolaine through the years had been part of our Saturday morning group in the early years as well as part of the Survivor Clinics. In fact for many years, Yolaine was a Group Leader at the Merivale Survivor Clinic, aiding and inspiring many of the women.

Many of you may not have known this, but a few years after taking her first 'Learn To Run' Survivor Clinic, Yolaine decided to run her very first 1/2 Marathon. Not only did she run it, she ran it very well. She mentioned to me a number of times how being out there doing a run made her feel so good! That big smile of hers made others feel good too! We'll miss you, Yolaine,!

So, here's to meeting tomorrow morning at Bushtukah, at 9:00am. Maybe we can dedicate our run/walk tomorrow to Yolaine!

Jennifer

Goodday everyone ...

Another absolutely gorgeous day!!!!! No excuses for not getting out and at least getting some fresh air!

Judy has made a suggestion about taking our walk/run to a new site and participate in the "Santa Shuffle" on Dec 6th. It is a fundraiser for the Salvation Army, who are always so invaluable an organization, especially at Christmas.
Note ... there is a new location, on Colonel By.
Here is the website http://www.events.runningroom.com/site/?raceId=3656

While tomorrow has a forecast for showers, I bet that we get our run/walk in without the showers! Wouldn't hurt to bring a change of top though.

Meriday, we were all sending powerful, positive thoughts your way on Wednesday! Understandable if we don't see you Saturday, but who knows, you may not be able to stay away from us! :)

Have a great day everyone ... get out and enjoy this day!!!!

See you tomorrow
Jennifer

See? We've walked and ran in the rain before... :-)

Friday hike, Nov 7

This week the trails should be okay to do a trek to Western Lodge up "McCloskey Road" (#2). Meet at P12, the boat launch lot halfway along Meech Lake. (same place we started for the Ramparts) Time 9:30. Please let me know if you are coming, and if you need more instructions.

Advice from an oldtimer!-- If you listen to a forecast, plan for the minimum temperature. The maximum usually doesn't happen until well into the afternoon (when we are on the way home). Always have hat and gloves (in case) this time of year. A bare head is like leaving an upstairs window open -- the basement gets cold. (Last week we certainly needed boots, hat and gloves to start. We saw skiers and had snow over our boot tops!)

This trail goes up pretty steeply at first, and if anyone wants a shorter hike she can just retrace the route.

Judy (nee McCloskey), we expect you to bone up on your family history, as we'll be in the area of your ancestors' farm!

Bev