Weekendz

Talk about a busy April! To start with, the office workload is heavier because a colleague is taking a longer than usual vacation to indulge himself and his family in the cultural delights of Turkey. He’s originally from that region of the world so he wants his kids to experience the place. Can’t fault him for that. However, it translates to lots of overtime for the rest of us in the department.

So, to provide recreational breaks this month we’ve jam-packed our social calendar. The kick-off was a weekend in Whistler with Tannah. The focus for me was to be an exploratory hike to view the “train wreck”. However, we were a bit too early in the season as thick ice-crusted snow still covered many trails under the tree canopy. We’ll try again later in the Spring or Summer. 

Substitute aerobic activity then consisted of a hike from Nita Lake to Alta Lake followed by “Happy Hour” on a Whistler Village patio on whose perimeter patio Tannah was permitted to nap. 

Day Two included a short morning jog in the crisp morning sunshine.

Employment-wise, during the workweek I travelled to Prince George and Vanderhoof for two days of site visits consisting of a large mall and a dumpy hotel.

The following weekend was unfortunately dogless, but Tannah always enjoys her stays with my Mom and her dog. Our destination was Gibson’s Landing on the Sunshine Coast for the April Fool’s Half Marathon 4-person Relay with friends of ours from our Saturday morning running group. Weather was forecasted to be iffy, but in the end the rain held off and our team posted a finish time of 2:02:03. That's about a 1/4 of an hour faster than the two half marathons that I've done as an individual participant.

As I compose this post I’m on a plane en route to Fort St John, then driving to Dawson Creek for another site visit. Then this weekend is the Sun Run in Vancouver.

No wonder I’m tired. But not bored.