Happy Canada Day!
Just in case someone in the audience doesn't know, July first is Canada Day. A national holiday (read: I'm not working) celebrated across Canada, except in Quebec. Well, they celebrate it too, but by having everyone move at the same time. That's a whole other story.
We don't own a Canada flag, so I couldn't take a picture of that. Instead, I'm putting on a picture of my personal flag: my red t-shirt with the words "I have issues" written on the front. It's red and white and I think it's fitting.
This morning, we jumped on the bike and headed to Canmore for breakfast. We do that sometimes: take a one hour ride to the mountain, grab some food, come back. It's a nice way to get away from it all, enjoy the mountains and, well, eat. Vero says it's like a little vacation every time. Man I love this town.
So in Canmore, just like in every other town throughout Canada, they are celebrating. There's a big parade today, some time around noon. At 9AM, people already had their chairs set up on the sidewalk to watch it. Can't fault their enthusiasm, that's for sure. We made a quick getaway before the whole place went into a parade frenzy...
Back home now, writing this, trying to remember the cool thing I thought I would write about while on the bike. Ain't happening. Today's the first day of Vero's summer vacation, first day of a long weekend (5 days for me), the day before my mom arrives. The sun is shining, the bugs are everywhere (yay for rain), we have a new tree in the front yard and we're about to install baseboards. And all we want to do is sleep.
What an exciting and fascinating life we lead...
