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

Sat, Oct 25 - New meeting place

Time: 9:00 am

Location: Cancer Survivor Park, corner of Alta Vista and Industrial (across from the main Alta Vista post office)


Directions:
Take the Queensway to the Vanier Parkway/Riverside Drive.
Take Riverside to Industral. Turn onto Industrial at the post office.
Take the next right onto Alta Vista.
Turn left into the Alta Vista apartments.
Go to the back apartment - #1535 and park in the parking lot on the Industrial side of the building. There are signs that say post office parking.

Hike - Fri, Oct 24

Hi All-

I was at Camp Fortune today and found the Parkway closed with "closed for the season" signs. This means starting elsewhere.

For something completely different, let's meet at Pine Road at 9:30. The trail is a simple out and return of about 5 km (each way) to a lodge. If anyone wants to turn around before the lodge it's simple to return to the parking lot.

Go to the end of Highway #5, turning right to join Hwy 105. TURN LEFT on 105. Pine Road is less than 1 km along. TURN LEFT. The parking lot (#16) is about 1 km down Pine Road. (I got lost last winter partly due to construction detours. If anyone has local knowledge and better directions please reply!)
It probably won't take much longer to get there as most of it is on Hwy 5. Please let me know if you are coming and that you know about the change.

Bev The Justing Doing It team wins again for the most donations by a Women's Community Team. Over $33,000 raised for the Run for the Cure.

Saturday, Oct 18

Hello everyone ...

Wasn't that an absolutely fabulous weekend? Weatherwise and foodwise I'm sure!!!!

I know that this is late notice, but it seems that many of the usual suspects won't be meeting tomorrow morning ...

So, unless you reply 'To All' with your intentions, you may end up out there by yourselves.

NEXT WEEK:

I have a request for meeting next week at the new Survivor's Park at the corner of Alta Vista/Riverside/Industrial.
Chris is going to check into parking and we'll let you know by next week. Should be a good walk/run, maybe over by the river?

Also, good shopping very nearby for after ...

Have a great weekend

Jennifer

Friday Hike, Oct 17

Hi hikers-

What a wonderful spell of weather we've had! It still looks good for Friday, but somewhat colder.

While the Parkway is still open, we'll start from a lot not accessible later on. Meet at KEOGAN parking lot at 9:30. From Old Chelsea head towards Camp Fortune and up the Fortune Parkway from P10 (driving up that long grind we usually ski up). Keogan lot is about 3 km on the left where the Ridge Road (Trail #1) crosses the Parkway. (You'll pass Fortune Lake on the way.)

Please let me know if you are coming.

Bev
bevrick@magma.ca