We did a 45 minute hike on the Fenland Trail loop around the Vermillion Lakes near Banff. The Vermillion Lakes are wetlands, and are not the beautifully colored glacial lakes. They are beautiful in their own right. The stream or creek that was on a lot of the trail was crystal clear and reminded us of the color of Silver Springs in Florida. The bottom was white sand. Then we rode up the road to Mt. Norquay. In the winter it is a very busy place for skiiers. It also has a pullover with wonderful views of Banff.
I have come up with a few differences in being in America and being in Canada. You know you are in Canada if:
1. You never see a sign for restrooms – only washrooms.
2. The Staples going-back-to-school commercial advertises lots of items for less than a Loonie.
3. You hear “eh” and “aboot” for “oh yeah?” and “about.”
4. You get excited about the gas prices until you realize the price is for a liter, instead of a gallon.
5. Speed limit signs of 100 and 110 are NOT in miles per hour!
6. On the news there was a story about decals city workers could put on their cars, but decals is pronounced “deck-uls.” Also, the injured are taken to hospital (not to THE hospital).
7. The news is very slanted against the U.S., and comparisons are constantly made to put the Canadians in a better, superior place. According to their news, their economy is much better than ours and when the world's economy stabilizes, Canada will be in the top countries economically (implies the U.S. will not).
8. News programs and any local program constantly gets the audience attention by saying, “Listen to this, Canada,” or “All right, Canada, it's time to vote for the dancer of your choice (So You Think You Can Dance Canada”, etc. I seldom hear the audience addressed as Americans on our television. The Canadians do seem to be more patriotic than Americans. That is one thing I'd like to see us improve!
9. Progress and some other word I cannot recall have long o's in the pronunciation.
10. Even though I am from the South, in Canada, I am a Yank.
11. They drive KIA Spor-tazsh (instead of Sportage) and Mazda is pronounced with a short a.
12. The road signs are in English and French.
August 13 – Danna and Donna's birthday!!!
Our twin babies are 41 today. They are still beautiful, and I adore them! It was so good to talk to them. They were both getting ready to go to the pool and then later they were going out to dinner with their husbands and three or four more couples. Last year we were in Canada on their birthday, and we did not have the Canada/USA plan, so I had to wait until we got back in the U.S. to talk to them.
Phil has been waking up with cramping in his back/buttocks the last couple of mornings, but it has eased until today. We started out on our walk, and he had to have his back brace. We walked very slowly and had to stop very frequently for the first 30 minutes. It eased up some, and he was able to walk better for the remaining 15 minutes. He is icing it. He does not understand why because we have not missed a day walking, and he does his exercises twice a day faithfully. We are praying daily for his back.
The most eventful thing that happened today was a coyote was about 15 feet from our screen door. He stood there while I got some photos, and then lay down. When I opened the screen a bit to get a better shot, he ran off. He was probably hoping to get one of the many Golden Mantle Ground Squirrels that are all around the campground.
Brice went back for his followup. The tooth that was bonded to the bone did not take. Also, the surgeon wants him to go to his dentist and get the one that calcified checked, too. He said he thinks it is barely attached to the bone, and if that is the case, it will probably work lose over the years. He said he can still put in two posts if all four teeth are removed, and bond a tooth to the other one for each post. Brice said if all he has to do is extract the teeth, that is no problem. His pain was in his chin where they take the bone out for the bone graft.
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| The coyote right outside our camper |
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| What was on the coyote's dinner menu (didn't get it) |
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| beautiful full moon! |
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