tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46003906427918721792024-03-05T05:11:07.696-08:00And Life Goes OnTravel Photo Journal . . . This BLOG follows Fred and Lynne's travels from 2005. We started traveling in 2001. Travels from 2001 to 2005 reside in the archives if you view my complete profile in the left column.
Fred left us in 2018 and my travel have and will continue.
My first journey has been to Costa Rica. Join me as I recall and journal that trip.
A link to The Medical Misadventures BLOG can be accessed through the archives (And Life Goes On - Our Medical MisAdventures) firstephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016411127898884067noreply@blogger.comBlogger151125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4600390642791872179.post-80272835627517580792021-01-04T11:37:00.033-08:002021-01-05T11:35:12.752-08:00End of 2020 Communiqué – The Strangest year of my life<p><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">It’s over and yes
it was a bizarre year . . . some good and of course some not so good . . . mostly,
thanks to Covid-19.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">January started
out good.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Rice Pounding
Ceremony</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> (</span><b><span style="background: white; color: #050505; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic";">JOUSHOUMEI) - </span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10pt;">annual tradition
of <i>mochitsuki</i> the pounding of rice to make mochi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Rice Pounding by a fellow Alberta Health Services volunteer. <o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Sweet rice soaked and
then steamed in a huge double-decker pot and comes out looking like bread
dough. The dough is put into a stone mortar and pounded with wooden mallets
until it is the "right" consistency. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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onto a floured (rice flour) board where young and old pinch off small pieces of
dough, flatten them and place a condiment in the center of the
"Mochi" and wrap the dough around . . . like a dumpling. Young and
old are talking and laughing as they work around the table.</span></p>
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to </span></b><st1:state><st1:place><b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Victoria</span></b></st1:place></st1:state></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">I realized I
needed to start doing things on my own and decided to take a February trip to </span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Victoria</span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> (my brother’s lives there) and </span><st1:place><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Vancouver Island</span></st1:place><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> to visit friends and familiar places. They
(brother Stan and wife Patty) were going to </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Mexico</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> and I could stay at their place.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">The Flood<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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separate living spaces - the main floor; a recently renovated upstairs
suite and the ground floor suite. Lo and behold, I was greeted by a flooded
ground floor and a rather massive clean-up job. Thanks to Todd, the fellow who
has taken care of his place for years, the whole process got started and was
proceeding well by the time I left.</span><div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5xxHZhgr3Jr9PdwUeU_vHemI4jbWLk8JvHKuXv7mzvBVLSvvP7C9LqCFBkR3-oxixqhp6g_Jc4Ot4k0J9WIaH2OR1-gjTqkNFbCv1F2zkTC7A9UmB_OvnfMNICMLzvIHujTApD-PYaYLp/s2048/20200205_125901.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5xxHZhgr3Jr9PdwUeU_vHemI4jbWLk8JvHKuXv7mzvBVLSvvP7C9LqCFBkR3-oxixqhp6g_Jc4Ot4k0J9WIaH2OR1-gjTqkNFbCv1F2zkTC7A9UmB_OvnfMNICMLzvIHujTApD-PYaYLp/w119-h159/20200205_125901.jpg" width="119" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Old Friends
Up-Island</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">I took off up-island<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>. . . first stop was </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Nanaimo</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> to visit a neighbour from </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Calgary</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> and then up to Courtney to see Sharon,
another </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Calgary</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> friend. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">One of the
highlights was our visit to the Filberg Heritage Lodge and Gardens in Comox. I
loved the waterfront view and the natural landscaping with its collection of
sculptures created from fallen trees from right there on the property.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL16EoBd18XgsUtLQ54gCfOxbPASkU8lJWFTFu-lWA9cpaUGkSazjrwT3B9XlrmKkdi611tgCeg2U-jNmX-ZHzTiBB92ZbSMoDs2FFqw5gXFqbm8ZFsRB4W__oWkJ43Mhif3TbkRmx4y5X/s2048/20200217_125013.jpg" style="clear: right; display: inline; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL16EoBd18XgsUtLQ54gCfOxbPASkU8lJWFTFu-lWA9cpaUGkSazjrwT3B9XlrmKkdi611tgCeg2U-jNmX-ZHzTiBB92ZbSMoDs2FFqw5gXFqbm8ZFsRB4W__oWkJ43Mhif3TbkRmx4y5X/w200-h150/20200217_125013.jpg" width="200" /></a></p><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">I did get over to Sooke to visit a gal who I had worked with
in </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Lethbridge</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> when we were there in the 80’s and who,
incidentally, had a unit in the Condo in </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Lethbridge</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">. Anyway, she now lives in an interesting
Cohousing development is Sooke. Co-housing (<a href="http://www.harbourside.ca/whatis.html">http://www.harbourside.ca/whatis.html</a>)
is a unique concept of a Co-op/Strata (Condo) ownership structure with a great
harbour view. </span><p></p> <b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Victoria</span></b><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Somehow, I lucked
into a great tour offer and managed to get around </span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Victoria</span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> and get to places I would never have
visited.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRV7pRIpHhxiA5cf5K45SMjwMou4yKq8e12AE_GHH7WQ4rvKYdSbXccrm8QKHDU2ILIR9T0ZduwqWoeprpXeFaSC5syNqLKsQCxx0jBr5YTYW0SHs4nDfhgADMT7E_IjdAEwykzMmNDwQP/s2048/20200228_150741.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRV7pRIpHhxiA5cf5K45SMjwMou4yKq8e12AE_GHH7WQ4rvKYdSbXccrm8QKHDU2ILIR9T0ZduwqWoeprpXeFaSC5syNqLKsQCxx0jBr5YTYW0SHs4nDfhgADMT7E_IjdAEwykzMmNDwQP/w200-h113/20200228_150741.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtGOZ3C4CQMuQQHGo6z7A2F9MJlb0C1XDxSZEC1UZ6tT563mVxy0NvlSAocyC1PtJpn7qMAe7e8_Remz14IGQdNDUAEo4Rp71oxU94FiPSPl3XWyVYip_lDGwac1SJuW-TNhd5c5LuS8xe/s2048/20200228_143405.jpg" style="clear: left; 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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">This was a special
place for me . . . I’ve always been fascinated by miniatures.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzd5D-VL62xK07LcZu_7a1oGaUKAaMDuiEvKCsMBi7Rb8WAnHl9wVAvy_rLWUJU-ZQdsPbDwM5Aa9gN2SRM0ktQFLPwy_3BCyAMQvDC5poN1EdSZ300-Ba4MHkzrQNGSae8CnLNL3Xg6yF/s2048/20200301_120246.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzd5D-VL62xK07LcZu_7a1oGaUKAaMDuiEvKCsMBi7Rb8WAnHl9wVAvy_rLWUJU-ZQdsPbDwM5Aa9gN2SRM0ktQFLPwy_3BCyAMQvDC5poN1EdSZ300-Ba4MHkzrQNGSae8CnLNL3Xg6yF/w200-h113/20200301_120246.jpg" width="200" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXpGnKyicpcHfGiJn6amUP-o9Ecqg1o0zahLC7pPOsTFghHs3kefBScIupONqhhA3OPmeXn-F8J98AuulKHa7yJvQud_qDdwtyjHOHBNU-8q4V5P42Eq7Hx2IgwZDaJP1kiPCjP5LalXWk/s2048/20200301_120310.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXpGnKyicpcHfGiJn6amUP-o9Ecqg1o0zahLC7pPOsTFghHs3kefBScIupONqhhA3OPmeXn-F8J98AuulKHa7yJvQud_qDdwtyjHOHBNU-8q4V5P42Eq7Hx2IgwZDaJP1kiPCjP5LalXWk/w200-h113/20200301_120310.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz9FuLYrkNyG-zM4Pa02FjmPZd9ocPzIt95tHMb3LIRFV_sc-2gAFCTWeqYLirx3Mep69BDEgXSKsIw4pKYIbDCeFPnER5Ot_aVFx8M3Pzf5vaOy89cPZQyS6zypRHBepfBo_aXnYp7Nox/s2048/20200301_121121.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz9FuLYrkNyG-zM4Pa02FjmPZd9ocPzIt95tHMb3LIRFV_sc-2gAFCTWeqYLirx3Mep69BDEgXSKsIw4pKYIbDCeFPnER5Ot_aVFx8M3Pzf5vaOy89cPZQyS6zypRHBepfBo_aXnYp7Nox/w200-h113/20200301_121121.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs23-8FWykTaI4VUb-EhCLHdCoiqgWZGBLD8uaehaj5OhvK9fglnINVC0RSZibDNbI7oNy_DVBK14yqRbGIqQtS8LjLE8Gg74wgVNurs7z0hDRLLd8EfrTzFJ6KjXjxL9P2ZYE-th6DcAK/s2048/20200301_121320.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs23-8FWykTaI4VUb-EhCLHdCoiqgWZGBLD8uaehaj5OhvK9fglnINVC0RSZibDNbI7oNy_DVBK14yqRbGIqQtS8LjLE8Gg74wgVNurs7z0hDRLLd8EfrTzFJ6KjXjxL9P2ZYE-th6DcAK/w200-h113/20200301_121320.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">And Now for the
Rest of the Story</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Finally I felt
like I was starting to eek out a life for myself . . . I had a plan . . . a
couple interesting volunteer projects starting in March . . . oops . . . not to
be.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Both projects were
“face-to-face”. One, they just gave up on but the other one (CNIB – working
with visually impaired people to mentor them on using a iPhone) I am still
trying to get trained up enough to know what I’m doing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">There have been a
number of Zoom-type workshops and meetings but I can’t say I’m terribly active
or occupied . . . what can I say? . . . Generally I’m in the same boat as so
many people . . . <i><span style="color: #ff0066;">Wake up . . . Eat . . . Sleep
. . . Repeat</span></i>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Cooking is in
there somewhere too. They keep assuring us that it will end . . . I hope they
are right.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Fred left me a
challenging legacy . . . there are more electronic devices around here than I
ever imagined. The challenge is to learn how they work and what is on them . .
. and, of course, everything continues to change so I’m sure this will go on
forever but it does exercise my mind.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">And so
‘Life-Goes-On’ . . . </span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">one
day at a time.</span></p></div>firstephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016411127898884067noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4600390642791872179.post-58238556194897742852019-08-24T15:01:00.000-07:002019-08-24T21:04:15.785-07:00Costa Rica - Rainforest and Jungles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The first thing
that came to my mind was:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">“What’s the
difference between a ‘Rainforest’ and a ‘Jungle’? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">My past experience is a temperate rainforest (on </span><st1:place><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Vancouver
Island</span></st1:place><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">, BC) and
to my knowledge, I had never been in a jungle. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The first resource told me that the 'Jungle is dense, impassable and usually a
tropical forest while a Rainforest is a forest with high rainfall</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">.' The biggest contrast is the amount of
sunlight that peeks through the treetops.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">- "Rainforest"
is a technical term in ecology, referring to a particular kind of biome or
climate. "Jungle" is not, and so its definition is determined in part
by how people use it. "Jungle" is a word the
specifically refers to land overgrown with dense, tangled vegetation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> Over a quarter of
natural medicines and around 40% to 75% of all biotic species have been found
in Tropical Rainforests (often called the "jewels of the Earth" and
the "world's largest pharmacy"). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Trees that heal</span></b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">tourist tree </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Geonoma epetiolata:
called “naked Indian” or “tourist tree”. It is used in different ways to lower
fevers. To treat kidney diseases it is suggested that you cook the leaves and take them in the morning and at night. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"><b>Vines:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">In </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Costa Rica</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> the rainforests have layers. There’s a
high canopy of treetops that shields the sun from peeking through. Vines climb
up long tree trunks to reach the sunlight. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Costa Rica</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> has 109 of the 4000 species.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Palm oil</span></b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> – not to be confused with coconut oil –
is the world’s most consumed vegetable oil and accounts for 33% of
vegetable oil and 45% of edible oil worldwide, according to the Scientific
Journal Nature. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Palm Oil
production has been one of the largest agricultural industries in </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Costa Rica</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">. But has had a considerable impact on
biodiversity and sustainability of the tropical growth. It is reported to be
responsible for about 8% of the world’s deforestation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Costa
Rica</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">
– Pineapples; Heart of Palm; . . . posting) was developed on an abandoned Palm
Oil Plantation in the hopes of rescuing the tropical forest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">We spent the last couple of nights before we went back to </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">San Jose</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> at the Punta Leona Hotel & Club in the
Central Pacific Region . . . where the rainforest comes down to the ocean. Well
this is far more than a resort – it’s more like a community. In addition to the
Hotel (or many hotels) there are apartments, condos, grocery stores, floating
bars, lounges, restaurants, bars and many more activities. Actually I think I
would have liked to come here at the start of the tour rather than the end.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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an outrigger canoe trip along the coast to view more wildlife and geological
formations. Most of the folks went on the outriggers but my choice was to spend
that time at the butterfly farm. </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Costa Rica</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> has 90% of all Central American species
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The Mariposario butterfly
farm is within the Punta Leona property.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is open air but enclosed with netting. It’s so peaceful with beautiful
flora and a marvellous array of butterflies. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to identify the big, colourful butterflies like the </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Blue Morpho and the Owl Butterfly but finding </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">the identification of
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Morpho is often called Morpho Peleides. They are not actually blue. The sun is
reflected off scales on their wings that emit the blue colour – that is the
males, the females appear brown.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-align: center;">The Blue Morpho</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; text-align: center;"> </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"><b>The Owl Butterfly</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The Owl Butterfly is native to </span><st1:country-region style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"><st1:place>Costa Rica</st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> but has spread out over most of Central
and northern </span><st1:place style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">South
America</st1:place><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">. Some
theorists speculate that the</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "comic sans ms";"> dark owl eyes on its wings
will ward off predators and allow the butterfly to escape.</span><br />
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the banana industry. The caterpillars grow on banana plants causing
considerable destruction and then the adults feed on the fermented fruit.</span><br />
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rivers tours were not my favourite but offered some interesting sights.</span></div>
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did trips along both the </span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="background: white; font-family: "comic sans ms";">Sarapiqui</span></st1:placename><span style="background: white; font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span><st1:placetype><span style="background: white; font-family: "comic sans ms";">River</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="background: white; font-family: "comic sans ms";"> and the </span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Tárcoles</span></st1:placename><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">River</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> hoping to see all kinds of birds,
wild-life and local development. <span style="background: white;">The boats were
covered and open, built especially for tourists to view the birds and wildlife
along the shores. Unfortunately, because of the lack of rain, the rivers were
low and the river banks were deep and wide. The birds and wild life were way
over there and without binoculars or zoom-lensed cameras the viewing was
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having said that, folks on the tour contributed lists and photos they took, so
not all was lost. Our guide was great in pointing out the various bird and
wild-life, even if I couldn’t see them.</span></div>
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the </span><st1:place><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">San Juan River</span></st1:place><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> and helps irrigate this region. It winds
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was a turtle along the way but the most interesting thing was the Anhinga
(snake bird) we encountered.</span></div>
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is a water bird, sometimes called a water turkey. It earned the description as
a snake bird </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">because when it
swims, only the neck appears above water and looks like a snake ready to strike.
As well we watching it skim along the water; we caught it sunning itself on a
log while it dried out its wings. </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 7.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The Tárcoles
River </span></b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">is reputed to be one
of the dirtiest and most polluted in </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Costa Rica</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> carrying about 67% of sewage and
industrial wastes of over 50% of the country’s population. It is about 111 km
long and the watershed covers up to 2,121 kms. <span style="background: white;">BUT
it also houses one of the world’s largest </span>crocodile <span style="background: white;">populations with about 2000 in the area (about 25
crocodiles per square kilometre). </span>(<a href="http://www.costaricajourneys.com/">Costa Rica Journeys - September 6,
2011</a>).</span><br />
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one we encountered was extremely docile and didn’t even disturb the egret
wandering along the bank.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "comic sans ms";">Kay,
a fellow traveller recorded sighting about 68 birds . . .</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Onto the Butterflies and the </span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Orchid</span></st1:placename><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Gardens</span></st1:placetype></st1:place></i></b></span></div>
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firstephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016411127898884067noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4600390642791872179.post-44304739620450777492019-06-30T10:00:00.002-07:002019-08-06T09:33:18.885-07:00Costa Rica’s Sleeping Volcano - Arenal<!--[if !mso]>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"></span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">We travelled out
of the rainforest area into the more mountainous terrain settling in the shadow
of the Arenal Volcano (about 90 km NW of San Jose near the town of </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">La Fortuna</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">) – a magnificent sight. Arenal is one of hundreds
of volcanic formations that make up the chain called the <b>Central American
Volcanic Arc</b> (CAVA) that extends parallel to the </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Pacific</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Coast</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> line from </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Guatemala</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> down to northern </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Panama</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">. </span></div>
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and three more craters developed during a 1968 eruption (See above picture that
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firstephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016411127898884067noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4600390642791872179.post-75409157904980348492019-06-06T19:37:00.000-07:002019-06-06T19:37:20.149-07:00Costa Rica - Something like a local farm!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">In contrast to the
big Pineapple and Heart of Palm Plantations, we visited a local multi-crop farm. </span></div>
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a path through the various plants but it seemed to be very fast and not
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real distinct memory of our tour prior to the demonstration of ‘how sugar cane
is milled’; learning how to make tortillas; and the splendid lunch they served
right there on the farm. There were a couple of interesting stone sculptures on
the property.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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such an important aspect of the Costa Rican economy that everything we saw and
did was especially developed to speak to and entertain the tourist. The
everyday life of the Costa Ricans is not hidden but there is little opportunity
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by people because, in contrast to the pleasing fragrant of the flowers, the fruit can have
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">We moved onto the </span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Arenal</span></st1:placename><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> </span><st1:placename><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Volcano</span></st1:placename><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> </span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">National Park</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> area and so moved from a traditional-style
living space at the Sarapiqui Rainforest Lodge to more resort-style accommodation
at the base of the Arenal Volcano - <span style="background: white;"><b><i>Hotel Arenal
Manoa</i></b> – they classify it as </span></span><st1:place><b><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Superior</span></span></i></b></st1:place><b><i><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> accommodations</span></i></b><b><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">. </span></b><span style="background: white; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; padding: 0in;">And it certainly is!</span></div>
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amusing thing was that the first night, while </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">I was lying there in bed, the
light went on. I turn it off and in a while it went on again. I call the desk
to come and fix it. There was no place to unplug it. They came and it goes off.
An hour later the damn thing goes on again. I call them again. This time 2
come. They worked on it for about 15 minutes with no success. Finally they
taped it up and left. It didn't come on again.)</span></span></div>
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</span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Volcano</span></st1:placename><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> </span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">National Park</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">!!</span></div>
<br />firstephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016411127898884067noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4600390642791872179.post-51160304304196798382019-05-26T05:13:00.000-07:002019-05-26T05:13:05.752-07:00 Costa Rica – Pineapples; Heart of Palm; Close Encounters with Nature; Bright Cocky Birds and a School visit <br />
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“<i>The economic sector of tourism began to develop in the 1980’s and is now
the country’s main revenue source. </i></span><st1:country-region><st1:place><i><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Costa </span></i></st1:place></st1:country-region><i><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Rica’s rich biodiversity was being discovered
as an important asset and plans for its protection were compiled. In the 1990’s
everything accelerated and the government promoted tourism development on a
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<i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms";">In </span></i><st1:place><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms";">Europe</span></i></st1:place><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms";">, almost 75
percent of <b>pineapples</b> are imported from </span></i><st1:country-region><st1:place><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms";">Costa Rica</span></i></b></st1:place></st1:country-region><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms";">; a</span></i></b><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms";">round 70
percent of plantation workers in </span></i><st1:country-region><st1:place><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms";">Costa Rica</span></i></st1:place></st1:country-region><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms";"> are migrants
- usually from </span></i><st1:country-region><st1:place><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms";">Nicaragua</span></i></st1:place></st1:country-region><i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms";">.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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eco-friendly country because of the extensive pesticides, labour practices and
so on but we visited a certified organic plantation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">I had never even heard of “Heart of Palm”. It is said to be </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms";">rich in fiber, potassium, iron, zinc, phosphorus, copper, vitamins B2, B6, and C.</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> Not a lot of taste but an interesting texture added to salads.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Fascinating story
this . . . Actually Dave and Dave’s Natural Pavilion (founded initially by Dave
Sr.) was just down the road from the </span><span style="background: white; color: #292b2c; font-family: "comic sans ms";">Sarapiqui Rainforest
Lodge we stayed at. I manage to talk to Dave Sr. He was from </span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="background: white; color: #292b2c; font-family: "comic sans ms";">California</span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="background: white; color: #292b2c; font-family: "comic sans ms";">. In the mid 70’s he came down to </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="background: white; color: #292b2c; font-family: "comic sans ms";">Costa Rica</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="background: white; color: #292b2c; font-family: "comic sans ms";">, married and went back to </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="background: white; color: #292b2c; font-family: "comic sans ms";">San Francisco</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="background: white; color: #292b2c; font-family: "comic sans ms";"> to educate their children. They returned to Costa Rica where
he and his son have built the Natural Park “to promote environmental awareness
through exciting up-close and personal encounters with nature” (</span><span style="background: white; color: #292b2c; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 10pt;">quoted from the </span><span style="background: white; color: #292b2c; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 10pt;">Mongabay News, 16 October 2013</span><span style="background: white; color: #292b2c; font-family: "comic sans ms";">)</span><br />
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observe some of the birds that come to Park (</span><span style="background: white; color: #292b2c; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Thanks to Jim and CJ for letting me use their photos in the
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non-sustainable macaws and releases their young into the wild to help
repopulate the wilds with these beautiful members of the parrot family.</span></div>
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firstephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016411127898884067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4600390642791872179.post-62029624744324499202019-05-05T11:24:00.001-07:002019-05-05T11:24:25.447-07:00Costa Rica - The City (San Jose) to the Rainforest<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"><u>Costa Rica - WOW, what an experience!!!</u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The country itself
is incredible - and the program offered an exceptional insight into the various
aspects and environments of </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Costa Rica</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> let alone both pre-Columbian and modern
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">I've divided the Trip into three BLOG Posting and this - The City to the Rainforest is the first.</span></div>
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Jose</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">)
with a plaza filled with magnificent sculptures by Jimenez Deredia, a </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">native Costa Rican.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">A local specialist
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representation of the universe: the highest is SIBOKMO where Sibo’s (the
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level where supposedly non-indigenous white people were created ( OKMA);
(IRIRIA) the place created for the clans
to dwell. SULA KASKA that supports the whole cone is where noble souls go.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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firstephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016411127898884067noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4600390642791872179.post-22972727374983245532019-04-24T11:29:00.000-07:002019-04-24T11:29:00.640-07:00Spring Communiqué<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">My Whirlwind of
activity lasted right up to the time I left for </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Costa Rica</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> in mid February. Not that my energy was
well directed as I bounced from one thing to another but I managed to feel
relatively satisfied when I left.</span><br />
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seemed that you queued up to queue up. Even in the little Lethbridge airport
first you queued up for your boarding pass, and then you queue up to go through
security to wait until you could line up to get onto the plane.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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duplicated each time you change locations. The only difference seemed to be the length of the lines.
The bigger the airport: the longer the lines – like a big snake slithering
through a huge auditorium – following single file along the roped-off spaces
until you reach the front of the line and they direct you to another line where
you proceed to do the same thing along a shorter line.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">And the plane!! I
did develop sincere empathy for sardines in the can, feeling extremely
scrunched into seats that fit but leave no room for expansion – rather
claustrophobic - I did manage to see a couple of movies though. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with the sculptures, museum and theater to more traditional-styled
accommodations that replicated indigenous buildings and sites. We spent three
days experiencing walks through the rain-forests; road trips to a pineapple
plantation; a heart of palm plantation; a Nature Pavilion that borders the rain-forest
and attracts hummingbird; and another project that is breeds Macaws; as well as
taking a boat tour on the </span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Sarapiqui</span></st1:placename><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">River</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to the </span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Arenal</span></st1:placename><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span><st1:placename><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Volcano</span></st1:placename><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">National Park</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">. An excellent presentation about the
volcanic formation of Costa Rica and a visit to an interesting multi-crop
farming operation - coffee, pineapple, sugar cane - <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and a demonstration of how they milled the
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accommodations were certainly a multi-starred community with close-by ocean
out-rigging opportunities; a butterfly gallery; a orchard garden; surfing; beautiful
sunsets; and again wonderful food.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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waiting time; just as squished; on top of which, I was totally exhausted.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Back in </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Vancouver</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">, I managed to pick up a bit of a breathing
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">And 2018 left much like it came in - with a feeling like nothing is going the way I want it to. The lump in my throat was coming out as tears. Even my computer was having sympathy pains . . . it didn’t freeze up but it became v-e-r-y slow and Fred has abandoned me. He's not here to help me! He's always been there to help me and make things better!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">By the time my nephew, Luke, came down from Calgary four days later, I was well entrenched in “</span><i style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">getting all my ducks in order” </i><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">and I didn’t even know what that meant – a whirlwind of activity with no particular direction or plan of action – no order.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">For a Service that professes to be Patient-centered, the patient/family presence seemed to be left out of the equation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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against the mountains west of </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Calgary</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">. The William Watson Lodge was built in </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Kananaskis</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Provincial</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Park</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> area in the 80’s especially accessible to seniors
and those with disabilities (<a href="https://www.albertaparks.ca/media/6494023/peter-lougheed-pp-william-watson-lodge-brochure.pdf">https://www.albertaparks.ca/media/6494023/peter-lougheed-pp-william-watson-lodge-brochure.pdf</a>
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from friends and relatives and our retreat to the mountains, but all this
activity took its a toll on Fred. He landed in Emergency the second week in
July with intense pain in his lower back. And here we are in August and find
ourselves in our next <a href="http://andlifegoeson-medicalmisadventures.blogspot.ca/">Medical
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firstephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016411127898884067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4600390642791872179.post-48606898122827690682017-12-30T10:50:00.000-08:002017-12-30T10:51:41.784-08:00Mid Winter Communiqué–2017 Go Away!<h5><font color="#cccccc" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#333333">The new BLOG is</font> <a href="http://andlifegoeson-medicalmisadventures.blogspot.ca/"><font color="#00ff00">And Life Goes On - Our Medical MisAdventures</font></a> </font></h5> <strong></strong> <h5><font color="#cccccc" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"></font></h5> <strong></strong> <h5><font color="#d19049" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><font style="font-weight: normal;">Not to be a Grinch but 2017 has been the worse year of our lives . . . </font><i><font style="font-weight: normal;">If we could just eliminate it</font></i><font style="font-weight: normal;"> . . . it’s been the kind of year that you wish never happened.</font></font></h5> <font color="#d19049"></font> <p><font color="#d19049" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">It started in January with Fred’s open-heart surgery when they kicked him out (discharged) him from Foothills Hospital into the worst, cold, blustery snow storm I have ever experienced. </font></p> <font color="#d19049"></font> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="3"><font color="#d19049">He had pain but no pain meds or a prescription for any . . . yes, we know an 80 year old man with pain just might want to sell them on the street . . . apparently they cannot give any out to patients from out of town – <i>What?!</i></font></font></font></p> <font color="#d19049"></font> <p><font color="#d19049" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">It was so windy that he could not even stand up beside the car to stretch. </font></p> <font color="#d19049"></font> <p><font color="#d19049" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Once home the <i>FUN</i> continued. (You can read all about it in our </font><a href="http://andlifegoeson-medicalmisadventures.blogspot.ca/"><font color="#d19049" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Medical Mis-Adventure BLOG</font></a><font color="#d19049" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">.</font></p> <font color="#d19049"></font> <p><font color="#d19049" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">The fun has continued to even today, when Fred continues his intimate relationship with the Medical Community at the Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge with in excess of a three week stay and no definitive diagnosis. </font></p> <font color="#d19049"></font> <p><font color="#d19049" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">He has acquired a permanent catheter; continues on kidney watch; has had innumerable bouts of gout in addition to increased arthritis. </font></p> <font color="#d19049"></font> <p><font color="#d19049" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">I have accepted inclusion into the <i>Southern Zone Quality Advisory Council </i>representing Patients and Families. I’m not sure if they honestly want my input or it could be their attempt to shut me up.</font></p> <font color="#d19049"></font> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="3"><font color="#d19049">I honestly don’t know what happens to patients who do not have someone to advocate for them. Talk about someone <i>falling through the cracks.</i></font></font></font></p> <font color="#d19049"></font> <p><font color="#d19049" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Back to the home-front . . . the first of November the pipe burst in the north-west corner of the Condo Complex . . . <i>exactly, that is where we are</i>. This resulted in about 3 inches of water in the utility room and the bathroom. </font></p> <font color="#d19049"></font> <p><font color="#d19049" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">The restoration company got right on it with huge fans and dehumidifiers in the units and hallways to dry it out that permeated our lives for a couple of weeks.</font></p> <font color="#d19049"></font> <p><font color="#d19049" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">And here we sit with no ceiling or floor in the bathroom and parts of the walls cut out in bathroom and the utility room as well as being told that the cupboards in the utility room and the floors in both rooms need to be replaced.</font></p> <font color="#d19049"></font> <p><font color="#d19049" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">They have given us total access to the Guest Room on this floor that we depend on to keep our bodies clean. But, being in the hospital, Fred has managed to miss out on most of the demolition. Word has it that we won’t see any restoration won’t start til well into the New Year. </font></p> <font color="#d19049"></font> <p><font color="#d19049" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">We did manage to get out on a few <i><a href="http://firstep-andlifegoeson.blogspot.ca/">Alberta Day Trips</a> . . . </i>Waterton, Bar U Ranch, and just around. </font></p> <font color="#d19049"></font> <p><font color="#d19049" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Even though we still don’t know what has caused Fred’s condition, he is getting better and should be home soon.</font></p> <font color="#d19049"></font> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="3"><font color="#d19049">It can only get better . . . <i>Right?</i></font></font></font></p> <font color="#d19049"></font> <p><font color="#d19049" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Well, we wish you all a Healthy and Happy 2018!!!</font></p> <font color="#d19049"></font> <p><a><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"></font></a><font color="#d19049" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFW-v5-hnHXk_zK3ICwgPVYoEAHvtiYEdcnmgfR1K6hiSwgQlkxsmNByWgrifaPlUaz1UuNKwPUtDxcUJODZWWj1sIQt9Ju8-NeYZXmjtxk-3HG_y8GsY6RuPetlUTxxpxiedmisQyZLCy/s1600-h/clip_image002%255B6%255D"><img title="clip_image002" style="margin: 0px auto; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;" border="0" hspace="12" alt="clip_image002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQU6wVQWKUWe7mhRlSUf6S_Tavx0P11rxt9eKAE_D2TdxgAQLAD52ig61mD6_Opz3o8KABJOoDsAhM9KK2VboelqgsJeRnoi1aAJ3yEd9eE33bSkpeLDFcQmTo419tGAB8oWvvu5cMCW_l/?imgmax=800" width="196" height="196" /></a></font></p> <font color="#d19049"></font> <p><font color="#d19049" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Hugs, Lynne & Fred</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS"></font></p>firstephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016411127898884067noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4600390642791872179.post-34796135853519505942017-09-05T09:53:00.002-07:002017-11-20T11:06:00.793-08:00Our Summer from Hell<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">It felt like our
summer from hell . . . like a roller coaster ride . . . we had our ups and
downs . . . the highs were great and the lows had me wondering if we would ever
climb back up. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But we survived and had
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<b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Waterton</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The end of May and
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my 'go-to' place when I need to get a perspective on life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Once I see </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Chief</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Mountain</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">, I just sense the anxiety starting to
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The mountains are
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Cameron</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Falls</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> in the middle of Waterton’s Townsite
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</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Red</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Rock</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Canyon</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">.</span></div>
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sorts of new sights as well as enjoy showing off some of the features exclusive
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">This is a
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">And then there is </span><i><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Fort</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Whoop-Up</span></i><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">.</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> Lethbridge has a replica of Fort Hamilton
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Whoop-Up </i>in honour of the infamous <i>Bug Juice</i> traded with the natives
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Originally it
stood a few miles south of </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Lethbridge</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> and became a <i>legal </i>trading post and
then a North West Mounted Police fort in 1875. </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 8.0pt;">(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Whoop-Up#History">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Whoop-Up#History</a>)</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> It does have some colourful history.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">A local historical
group was the custodian of the Fort until just last year when it was taken over
by the museum (</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Galt</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Museum</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">) and the City of </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Lethbridge</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The Japanese
people have a significant presence in this </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Southern Alberta</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> community. For the most part, they were
relocated here from BC temporarily during the war to get them away from the
coast and alleviate fears of their supporting the actions taken by </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Japan</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> during the Second World War. </span></div>
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but were not particularly welcome to stay after. But stay they did and became
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">In 1967, <span class="arial12greymenu">the </span></span><span class="arial12greymenu"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Nikka</span></span><span class="arial12greymenu"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span></span><span class="arial12greymenu"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Yuko</span></span><span class="arial12greymenu"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span></span><span class="arial12greymenu"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Garden</span></span><span class="arial12greymenu"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> was opened as
a</span></span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> symbol of Japanese
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(Deb & Jer), arrived, it was just in time to help celebrate the 50<sup>th</sup>
Anniversary of the Gardens. </span></div>
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<b><span style="display: none; font-family: "comic sans ms";">ens .lp celebrate the 50th ere not particularly welcome to stay
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<b><span style="display: none; font-family: "comic sans ms";">m (Galt Museum) here and the City.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Aspen Crossing</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">We wanted to show
Deb & Jer the <i>Blackfoot Crossing </i>(<a href="http://www.blackfootcrossing.ca/">http://www.blackfootcrossing.ca/</a>)
so off we went. The <i>Crossing</i> was closed so <i>Aspen Crossing </i>became
our destination. One of the few times we have been misled by our GPS. He wanted
us to proceed off road – across country – to get to Aspen Crossing. Needless to
say – we took the long way around on the paved roads.</span></div>
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Mossleigh</span></i><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> on a secondary road to </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Calgary</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Bar U Ranch</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Many, many, many
years ago, my Grandfather was a fur trader along the </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Fort</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Benson</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Trail</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> out of </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Montana</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">. We know he worked further north in </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Alberta</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> – </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Edmonton</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">, Wetaskiwin – and he later ran a Clothing
Store in </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Calgary</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">. I remember my father talking about Pat
Burns being a good friend of Grandpa so the Bar U Ranch has a special
significance for me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Pat Burns was an
eminent ranching <span class="style34style38">and food processing magnate </span>in
</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Southern Alberta</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> and he purchased the Bar U in 1927. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The Bar U’s
development really started after the signing of Treaty 7 between the Government
of Canada and the Southern Alberta Native Tribes . . . Blackfoot, Blood,
Peigan, Sarcee and Stoney . . . in 1877 and grew existentially until the final
cattle drive in 1948.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">In the 1890s, the
rangeland covered 157,960 acres with 10,410 cattle and 832 horses. The cowboys
on the Ranch included the famous African-American Cowboy, John Ware and Harry
Longabaugh reputed to be the Sundance Kid. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The Ranch went
through many stages and phases in its 125 years . . . the growth of the
ranching and the cattle industry; the Percheron (work horses) Breeding Program;
training and developing working cowboys; and finally the inauguration of the
Ranch as a National Historic Site. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The cattlemen who
were involved in the Ranch over the years were influential in preserving the
character of ranching on the prairies of the </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Southern Alberta</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> foothills. They were instrumental in
starting the Calgary Stampede and Exhibition and are memorialized by the Big
Four Buildings on the Exhibition Grounds.</span></div>
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<span class="style34style38"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">In
1991 Parks Canada acquires 367 acres comprising the original ranch headquarters
to commemorate ranching history in </span></span><span class="style34style38"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Canada</span></span><span class="style34style38"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Historically, the
Bar U was where cowboys learned to be cowboys and still is.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The Visitors’
Centre reminds me of a typical sprawling ranch home and a bronzed statue of a
working cowhand watches over the operation. The dedication plaque below the
statue reads: “Dedicated to respect the initiative, resourcefulness and
persistence of the cowhands of the open ranch era, and to honor the ranchers of
those early days.”</span></div>
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waits at the gate to take the guests down to the barns, workshops, bunk houses,
kitchen and the other dozen or so other out buildings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> As we travelled
towards the working area of the Ranch, young Joe tells us some of the history of
the Ranch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Then we wandered through the buildings . . . bunk houses and
kitchen . . . and watched the staff working with the horses. Most of the folks
working there seem to be from ranches in and around the area.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Even though the
ranch dates back over 125 years, the cowboy spirits still roam here.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Good
Surgery . . . Rugged Recovery</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">It is totally
amazing how the surgery . . . process leading up to the surgery; the actual
surgery; immediate after-surgery care . . . is so well planned and carried out.
Unfortunately, the phase between the after-surgery care and the recovery phase
. . . the planning for the after-surgery state of affairs and issues . . . is
almost non-existent. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The Disregarded
Patient – The Forgotten Step</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Step 8</span></b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> – What happens after the patient leaves
the hospital?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Once patients hit
the <i>second step-down </i>bed, it becomes a race to get them out of the
support and protection of the institution. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Unfortunately,
they forgot that most people do not fit into the scenario they present in the
video.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">This is especially
true for the patient who does not live in the city. To their credit, the staff
are well versed in the resources available in the immediate community.
Unfortunately, they seem totally unfamiliar with resources and restrictions
outside their areas. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The only service
area that reached out to resources in </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Lethbridge</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> was the Pharmacy. They forwarded a list of
all the prescriptions to the pharmacy in </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Lethbridge</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">. Unfortunately, again it was an attempt
but not complete. The omission of pain medications created considerable
unnecessary anxiety. Also, neither the Family Doctor nor the Internal
Specialist was notified about prescriptions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Fortunately, in our
case, for the most part, we tend not to just sat back and let things happen and
pursued every avenue we uncovered to get the right help for what we needed. I
think we have figured out which doctor to contact for what and who you don’t
ask in regard to which issues.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">For example, Fred
has a weekly blood test to adjust one particular medication which is cardiac
related. The results go to two different doctors (the Family Doctor and the
Internist-Cardiac guy) and they both call to give him the results and
directions for the coming week. We have tried to tell them we only need to hear
from one (preferably the Internist) to no avail so we just let it happen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">We now have
relationships with 5 different doctors and a bunch of other care-providers:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The
Cardiac Surgeon – who we have not seen since the surgery</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The
Internist – who we go to with the heart stuff here in </span></span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Lethbridge</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The
Renal Doctor – he does various tests and monitors the kidney function –
responsible for functioning from the kidney to the bladder.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The
Urologist – again does various tests and monitors the bladder and catheter –
responsible for functioning from the bladder through the urethra.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The
Family Doctor – supposedly co-ordinates things –<i> Supposedly </i>is the
operative word here. Unfortunately he does not seem to get information from the
other service providers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Provincial Health
Services:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Home
Care nurse</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Home
Care workers (in twice a day to do the physical stuff)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Dietician</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">d.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Cardiac
Rehab Program</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">That’s all I can
think of right now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Individually, each
service seems to have competent and well trained staff . . . BUT . . . as a
care-giver or patient . . . it feels like the patient has been left out of the equation.
The patient is there to give the doctors something to work on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The after-care
procedure feels much like taking a car in for service. After the car is hooked
up to the diagnostic machine and the gas and oil are checked, a specialist
takes over to suggest which specific module needs to be repaired or replaced. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">My poor aging body
and mind are having a difficult time keeping up with everything!!<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">But we will not surrender!!!</span></b></span></div>
firstephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016411127898884067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4600390642791872179.post-42467489878119577792017-02-28T08:35:00.000-08:002017-02-28T08:35:40.012-08:00And The Medical Mis-Adventures continues . . . the first week . . .<!--[if !mso]>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">So much for
Good Signs!!</span></i></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">There is no way
that a surgery as complicated and complex as a heart valve replacement could be
as ordinary and mundane as they let on. As time got closer, our anxiety levels
grew and grew. When they postponed the surgery until after the New Year, our demeanours
were rather indescribable. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">It took all we
could do to get it together and travel the 3 hours to </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Calgary</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> and the ‘Foothills Medical Centre’. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The Cardiology
Department (called the <i>Libin Cardiology Institute</i>) is a well-oiled
mechanism. In fact, Henry Ford would by very proud of the organizational structure . . . it brought to mind the assembly line at a Ford Motor plant:
<i>Assembly Line Americanization (<a href="https://michiganjournalhistory.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/fall-12-firsht.pdf" marked="1">https://michiganjournalhistory.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/fall-12-firsht.pdf</a>)</i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The steps are precisely
defined and do not deviate:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Do
the surgery. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Doctor
reports to patient’s care-giver (s).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Doctor
tells the staff when visitors can see the patient.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Patient
in Cardiac ICU.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Visitor
(s) sees patient. </span></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Hustle-bustle</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> . . .</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Patient
stays in the ICU until there is a bed available in<i> the step-down unit</i>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Then
the patient is moved to a less monitored area until they can manoeuvre 3 flights
of stairs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The
Patient is discharged.</span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">So, let me tell you what it is like from a
Patient and Care-givers Point of View</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Steps 1 to 3</span></b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> - The first three steps seemed to go smoothly
and according to Libin’s standard procedures. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The doctor reports
that the surgery went well and we do not see him again the whole time we are
there.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Steps 4 and 5</span></b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> - The Cardiac ICU is wedged into a tight
little space that is too small for the number of patients and staff jammed into
it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">At least one
patient, Fred, in this case, is suspended half-way into the hall. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">This is where they
supposedly keep a close eye on the patients – or at least on the monitor screen
that records each patient’s progress generated by wireless devices attached to
various parts of their bodies. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">No rest for the
wicked – they start them doing exercises and moving around right away – that is,
when the nursing staff are not overtaken with their pregnancies and babies (or
that is the way it appears when the visitors or patients look for something.
You could usually find them huddled in the hallway discussing the latest
pregnancy symptoms or baby behaviour).</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Step 6</span></b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> – the beds in the <i>Step-down</i> Unit
seemed to be at a premium and it took a couple of days to get moved into
another unit where patients get less attention but apparently each patient is
monitored from mechanisms at the nursing station. </span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span></i><b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Step 7</span></b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> – The <i>Step-down Unit</i> is where they ‘get the patient
ready to leave’ or be discharged, as they put it. There are physical therapists
with exercises you need to do; respiratory therapists with breathing
instructions to get and keep the mucus out of your lungs; dieticians – “Oh my,
your kidneys are not functioning very well – you need to avoid <i>these food.
Here are dietary </i></span><i><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">suggestions when you are on blood thinners
. . .;</span></i><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> pharmacists with a
list of over a dozen medications with a schedule of when they should be taken,
and the occasional doctor who comes around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> Each has his/her own specialty and each gives the patient reams and reams of information that
becomes overwhelming the patient becomes totally confused.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Another day . .
. Onward and upward! </span></b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">–
Fred managed to ascend and descend a couple flights of stairs. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">I talked to the
Social Worker to see if we could get him transferred to </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Lethbridge</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">. The message I got was that “</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Lethbridge</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> is also wanting for beds and it may be a
week or so before he could get in there”. <br />
</span><b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">7:30
am</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> – the
morning of </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">January 11, 2016</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Swollen feet and
all – they are discharging him . . . </span><b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14.0pt;">NOW</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">!</span></b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The sign on the
wall says “Discharge time </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">9:30 am</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">No, they want him
out <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">now</span></b>.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">I DON’T THINK
SO!!</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">I wasn’t ready . .
. packing both myself and the car; getting to the hospital; getting parked;
getting to where Fred had been . . . all that took time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">I arrived at the
room where Fred had been; an empty bed; a severe sense of being invisible . . .
no one but the cleaning staff would even acknowledge I was there or tell me
where Fred might be.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">“Down at the end
of the hall,” she told me.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">And there he was
sitting in a chair along the wall in front of a blank television monitor. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">They needed me to
be there – it was only </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">10:30 am</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> – they needed me to watch the EXIT video
so they could complete their <i>get-out-of-hospital </i>check-list; and get him
out of there so the assembly line could start again.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">We were rather compliant
until it came time to leave . . . now what? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">He could not get
his shoes on because his feet were so swollen; he couldn’t walk that far,
anyway; I could not handle a wheelchair plus his suitcase . . . the reluctance
to help was overwhelming. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Finally a new
student popped up and said she would help us.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Great! BUT she was
only allowed to go as far as the front lobby of the hospital (more rules and
regulations) and a Volunteer would have to help us from there. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">We found the
Volunteer but she could not leave her post at the Information Desk until the
only other Volunteer showed up (there were only two) to take her place.
Finally, finally, he showed up and the km trek to the car in the only heated
parking lot began. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">No strain . . .
lots of pain </span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">First off, they
discharged him with no pain medication. There we were, in the car for almost 3
hours - he hurt and was certainly not a happy camper. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">We stopped a few
times but all he could do was get out of the car and turn in a circle. It was
so windy and slippery, he was afraid that if he walked around, he would fall
down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">We got home and
discovered he really couldn't get himself into the bed and the hide-a-bed was
too low so we tried to pillow him up in one of the chairs. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">My first chore was
to go pick up all the scripts that the hospital sent to the pharmacy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was then I found out that the doctors had
not even sent along a prescription for anything for the pain. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Believe me when
you get your chest broken open and put back together, THERE IS PAIN!! </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Why oh why would
they possibly not give him a prescription for the PAIN MEDICATION?</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">I sat with the
pharmacist for almost 1/2 hour while she explained and described each one of
the medications so I understood what they were; what they were for and when he
had to take each one. <br />
<b>Night No. 1</b> was a total fiasco - no sleep - up and down trying to keep
him relatively comfortable. <br />
<b>Day No. 2</b> – a marathon - getting a script for Pain meds which meant
getting a hold of the doctor; getting him to make a referral for Home Care; cancelling
the lab because there was no way of getting him there; and finding a way for
Fred to be comfortable for the night so we both could sleep. <br />
I must have hit 5 different furniture stores and finally found a power recliner
that would fit into the condo - remember he cannot use his arms to get up or
down because it would put pressure on the sternum. (Actually, the recliner is
really nice)<br />
home care were <i>on –the-job</i> right away; the specialist wanted him to get
his blood checked - my first statement to the nurse was to ask the doctor if he
wanted to come over and try and get him to the lab. That quickly prompted the
effort to get someone to come over and draw the blood - which happened.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><i><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">What do
people do if they can't advocate for themselves or have someone else to do it
for them. They must just get lost in the shuffle. </span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> And this was only the first week!</span></i></b></div>
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firstephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016411127898884067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4600390642791872179.post-75787196773623023862016-12-14T15:15:00.001-08:002016-12-14T15:18:29.628-08:00Mid Winter Communiqué – Fred’s Medical Mis-Adventure<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">It’s been over 15
years since I put out a Mid-Winter Communique but it seems like the time has
come again. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Most of our
adventures this year (2016) are here in the BLOG and it was a fun Canadian travel time. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">But since
September Fred has developed an intimate relationship with the Health Care
system. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">First, it was
pains in his chest. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">In Emerg, they
confirmed that he had not had a heart attack but did not know what was going
on. </span></div>
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to do more testing. His kidneys were not functioning at their peek and they
won't do an angiogram (which is the only test that would give us any more
information about what his heart is doing) while his creatinine is so high and
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Because he had the angiogram and the angioplasty, he needed to be on the anti
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firstephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016411127898884067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4600390642791872179.post-37937014003351316062016-08-21T15:02:00.001-07:002016-08-21T15:02:11.371-07:00Along the Rest of the Trail and Back to Lethbridge<!--[if !mso]>
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Museum, we took the long way along the North Dinosaur Trail (Hwy 838) to get to
Drumheller. We just needed to see one more Canyon and, of course, the Bleriot
Cable Ferry that crossed the </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Red
Deer River</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">.</span>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> Bleriot Ferry:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> You would think that after spending seven
years taking the cable ferry back and forth to work at Little Narrows (</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Cape</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Breton</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">), another cable ferry would be the last
thing we wanted to ride on. <b>Not so. </b>A little secret? I was really
looking forward to it. </span></div>
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families in the area, the government of the day could not see their way to
construct bridges across the </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Red
Deer River</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> so the
local people generally forded the river or crossed on rafts. The Munson Ferry
started running over a century ago and in 1955 was renamed the Bleriot
Ferry in honour of its first ferry Captain, Andre Bleriot.<br />
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thousands of horses belonging to various ranchers roamed freely in the Valley. They
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Drumheller on a Monday evening. “<i>A Ghost Town in the making". </i></span><i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Our motel was
downtown and we assumed that it would be easy to find a place for supper within
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<i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Right – there were no restaurants around that were open
on Mondays! <b><i>Really! </i></b>Yup – we did walk to a place and were amazed
to find more empty store fronts than there were businesses. Maybe we missed
something!</span></i><br />
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we lived here in </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Southern
Alberta</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">? We had
never heard of the <b>Brooks Aqueduct</b> before (and we had even lived in
Brooks for a couple of months). So this became the last stop on this leg of our
tour. We’re always curious to check out a place we had never heard of before.
Unfortunately, we discovered that the Aqueduct was not
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anyway. The CPR had constructed the Aqueduct in early
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">My first thought
was <i>why would the CPR (Canadian Pacific <b>Railway</b></i>) construct an
aqueduct? When it came right down to it, the settlers needed water in order to
survive the dry parched area of </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Southern Alberta</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> and the Railway needed settlers in order to sustain their
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plus workers and 38 construction crews built 3-kilometres of an elevated trough
of 19,000 cubic meters of steel enforced concrete capable of delivering 70
cubic meters of water per second. It is most impressive.</span></div>
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our Historic Alberta Venture was north-east of </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Calgary</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> into the <i>Alberta Badlands</i>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">We took the same
old route from </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Lethbridge</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">, past our favourite RV Park – <a href="http://www.aspencrossing.com/" marked="1">Aspen Crossing</a> - through Vulcan to the
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Canada Highway</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">. Then we went over to Highway #9 and off north towards
Drumheller – destination – the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology. Little
did we know about all the interesting places we would find along the way.</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Horseshoe</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Canyon</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> – just before Drumheller – so unexpected.
Driving through the rocky, barren </span><i><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Badlands</span></i><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">
is something like driving through a lunar <i>moonscape</i>. And then out of
nowhere the ground opens up to reveal layer upon layer of the ancient history of
millions of years of climate and environmental change.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">this magnificent
Horseshoe shaped Canyon is spectacular and offers paths to hike down and
explore the valley or take a helicopter ride along the 5 kms of the trench carved
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">As you approach the Museum, the contrast between the building
and its contents is striking. Even though the outside has statues of
prehistoric animals, the building is streamline and modern while inside
visitors walk into worlds that carry you through millions of years of
development and dinosaurs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">A Map comes along
with your admission ticket. There are 10 different areas on two levels with
more than 110,000 specimens, including 35 full scale dinosaur skeletons. The
exhibits and galleries take you through earth’s history.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">*(</span><span class="hvr"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 8.0pt;">the</span></span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 8.0pt;"> <span class="hvr">study</span>
of <span class="hvr">fossils</span> to <span class="hvr">determine</span> <span class="hvr">the</span> <span class="hvr">structure</span> <span class="hvr">and</span>
<span class="hvr">evolution</span> of <span class="hvr">extinct</span> <span class="hvr">animals</span> <span class="hvr">and</span> <span class="hvr">plants</span>
<span class="hvr">and</span> <span class="hvr">the</span> <span class="hvr">age</span>
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<span class="hvr">strata</span> in <span class="hvr">which</span> <span class="hvr">they</span>
<span class="hvr">are</span> <span class="hvr">found - <a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/palaeontology" marked="1">http://www.thefreedictionary.com/palaeontology</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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opened as a research and scientific facility dedicated to the study of
palaeontology soon added a large public gallery and display area. The official
opening announcement was made in and was given "Royal" status in
1990.</span></div>
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firstephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016411127898884067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4600390642791872179.post-15525555241903623582016-07-17T10:28:00.000-07:002016-07-17T10:28:04.763-07:00Touring Southern Alberta – 5. Remington Carriage Museum<!--[if !mso]>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">I never realized
how much of a hub </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Lethbridge</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> is - Highways 4, 3, and 5 all meet there
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Highway 4 (extends
across the border from Interstate 15 in </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Montana</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">) and led us to Writing-on-Stone; then we
travelled Highway 3 to the Head Smashed-in Buffalo Jump; and then onto Highway
5 to Cardston and the </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Remington</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Carriage</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Museum</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">. So, all and all, we covered a fair amount
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Cardston</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> and the area around there, have a rather
interesting history. In the late 1880’s, Cardston became the first LDS (Mormon)
settlement in </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Canada</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">. They say that the impetus to come north
from </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Utah</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> and </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Montana</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> was to escape the American laws against polygamy.
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">The first </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Canadian</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Temple</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints (Mormons) was completed within the first months of their
arrival (in 1887) at Cardston at the base of the Canadian Rocky Mountains.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">The Kainai First Nation’s
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community and the Canada-USA border is less than 25 miles to the south. To this
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<span class="ctl0lbllistingdescription"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">The Remington Carriage Museum</span></i></b></span><span class="ctl0lbllistingdescription"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> is a
park unto itself. It is situated on 20 acres on south end the </span></span><span class="ctl0lbllistingdescription"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Main
Street</span></span><span class="ctl0lbllistingdescription"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> of
Cardston and covers over 64,000 square feet (5,900 m</span></span><span class="ctl0lbllistingdescription"><sup><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2 </span></sup></span><span class="ctl0lbllistingdescription"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">)</span></span>.<span class="ctl0lbllistingdescription"></span></div>
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<span class="ctl0lbllistingdescription"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">We have been here before, but I think you
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<span class="ctl0lbllistingdescription"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Before you even get to the building itself,
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<span class="ctl0lbllistingdescription"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">(Taken
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<span class="ctl0lbllistingdescription"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> Once inside the main building, there are
rooms and rooms and rooms of carriages, wagons and sleighs. The Museum has the
greatest collection of horse-drawn vehicles in </span></span><span class="ctl0lbllistingdescription"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">North
America</span></span><span class="ctl0lbllistingdescription"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> (over 300).</span></span></div>
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to brush over lightly . . . like . . . many of the video displays; the carriage
factory; the restoration shop, the stable; a carriage ride. And not least of
all </span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">the Carriage
Preservation Workshop where visitors can watch expert technicians carry out the
art of blacksmithing, wheelrighting, woodworking, metalworking and finishing.</span></div>
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different way of touring and . . . well, maybe our <i>maturity</i> is catching
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Highway 3 west often.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At Fort McLeod,
the road splits – Highway 2 goes north towards Calgary but Highway 3 is a major
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">The </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Crowsnest</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Pass</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> area was a magnet for immigrants – jobs
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the coal trains. The town of </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Frank</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> sat at the base of the </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Turtle</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Mountain</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">. Everyone knew the Mountain was unstable
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">In the early
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<i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">In 100 seconds: at least
76 people were buried alive under tons of massive limestone boulders;
three-quarters of the homes in Frank were crushed like balsa wood; over a mile
of the Canadian Pacific Railroad was completely destroyed; and a river became a
lake.</span></i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"><a href="http://www3.sympatico.ca/goweezer/canada/frank.htm" marked="1">http://www3.sympatico.ca/goweezer/canada/frank.htm</a>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Frank Slide
Interpretive Centre does a good job of following the development of the coal
communities in and around the Pass and the Frank Slide disaster.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">A <i>day of rest </i>(and
cards, of course) and off again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">I was raised in </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Southern Alberta</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> and was oblivious to most of the Native
peoples around me. I knew there was a reserve around Pincher Creek and another
around Cardston but not much else. That was all before I started working with
First Nations People both here and in </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Cape</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Breton</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Gradually over the
years the Native Peoples have come into their own. The indigenous cultures have
become an important and integral part of the culture in </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Southern Alberta</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>–
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The Blackfoot
Confederation is an interesting phenomenon. It is made up of three tribes — the
Blackfoot proper (Siksika), the Bloods (Kainai), and the Peigan (Pekuni). Each
tribe was independent, but they all spoke the same language and regarded
themselves as allies. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">They were a
nomadic people and their movements were governed by the location of the
buffalo, along with the weather and the season.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Head Smashed in
Buffalo Jump</span></i><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> has been
constructed to remember and celebrate the history and traditions of the <i>Prairie
People.</i> It was designated a National Historic Site in 1968, a Provincial
Historic Site in 1979, and a finally a World Heritage Site in 1981 for its
testimony of prehistoric life and the customs of aboriginal people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The <i>Head
Smashed in Buffalo Jump</i> has long been a sacred place for the Blackfoot
tribes of </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Southern
Alberta</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> as has <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Writing-on-Stone<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">.</span></i> More than sacred places, Buffalo Jumps were critical to
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" marked="1" name="1"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The
Interpretive Centre is a spectacular building. It is a five level structure
that sits atop the cliff leading to the Buffalo Jump. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A foot path leading out from the building
wanders through grass land to where the buffalo were chased and impelled over
the edge to their deaths. If you close your eyes and stretch your mind, you can
feel the thunder hooves as these monstrous animals vanished over the edge.</span></a></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: 1;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The
ever-present winds creates waves through the prairie grass that lead to the
imposing </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: 1;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Rocky Mountains</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: 1;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> to the South
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<span style="mso-bookmark: 1;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The
winds and dark, cool weather soon drove us inside the building. The passageway
through the Centre unveils the environmental condition that enveloped the era
of the buffalo hunt; the life-style of the indigenous peoples; the buffalo hunt
itself and the consequence of Europeans migration.</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: 1;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Inside,
you will discover five levels of exhibits that explore: buffalo hunting
culture, the art of driving the great herds from the cliff, the eventual demise
of the buffalo hunting culture, and the work of archaeologists at
Head-Smashed-In. </span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: 1;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">I
was most taken with the depictions of the <b>Buffalo Hunt </b>– the most<b> </b>vital
aspect of their lives.</span></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></i></b>Travelling with Chuck and Sheila again is terrific – it’s
been a while.</div>
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Our plan was to tour
every <i>other </i>day and use the <i>other </i>days for <i>other </i>things –
like solving all the problems of the world or catching up on the card games we
have been missing.
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<b><i>1. </i></b><b><i>Writing-on-Stone</i></b><b><i>
</i></b><b><i>Provincial</i></b><b><i> </i></b><b><i>Park</i></b></div>
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There in the middle of the prairies just north of the Montana
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and an eclectic campground that offers everything from primitive, dry camping
to fully serviced sites.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It lies in and
amongst the trees along the Milk River.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The second road goes further up the hill to
an impressive new Interpretation Centre that overlooks the valley, the river,
and the unique rock formations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From
there you can see the Sweet Grass Hills that are in Montana
on the other side of the river.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
entire park covers over 4000 acres and the river forms the boundary between Alberta
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I can just visualize the hunters etching
"messages" – in the form of carvings (petroglyphs) and painting
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Today this delicate <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">rock
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</span>Visitors must be accompanied by a guide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In the 1880’s the North West Mounted Police established a presence in
the Valley.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their job was to be a
resource for the incoming settlers and keep out the whisky runners but it was a
lonely, debilitation experience for them and many deserted or were dispersed to
other assignments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At its height the
Post housed 12 horses, 5 Mounties and 2 hired range riders but it burned down
shortly after it was closed down in 1918.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Centre at Writing-on-Stone. The Museum took over the Etzikom
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The 4 acres windmills ranging from a
Holland-looking mill to the water pumping windmills that dot the landscape
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Inside, there is over 11 000 square feet of indoor display
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firstephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016411127898884067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4600390642791872179.post-24373594710569809352016-05-28T08:07:00.000-07:002016-05-28T08:15:11.630-07:00A Quick Catch-up<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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OMG – it’s past the middle of May; we have been home for
over two months; every-day life things have taken over our day-to-day lives –
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We did spend a few days with friends in Langley
on our way home and also had great visit with my sister. Then we just booted it home
with no further drama.</div>
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It's been a whirlwind around here since we got back. I must
say this past winter was exceptionally different from the past 15, but we did
enjoy it: nice place to stay; good people; and lots of new things to see and
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Reflecting on our winter get-aways, this year certainly was <b>different! .
. . s</b>o different that there really is no way of comparing the previous
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BTW – We enjoyed our time on Vancouver Island
winter get-away so much that we have reserved our spot at the <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"><a href="http://www.buenavistabythesea.com/index.html" marked="1">Buena Vista by the Sea</a>
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surgeries; replacing our defunct dishwasher, etc, etc, etc . . . <b><i>And life
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We contributed to their Yard Sale; shopped for bedding out
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Sheila plied me with all sorts of plants to take home. I’m trying very hard NOT
to kill them as they sit out on the deck through the crazy weather we've had -
hot to cold and everything in between. As usual, Fred and I cannot agree on how
to water or care for them, so continue our normal banter routine – I just hope
the plants survive.</div>
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Had the first cataract done. This is so weird - my "new
eye" sees so clear - it's unbelievable . . . BUT . . . if I use two eyes,
I see double so I can cover the "old eye" and not have my glasses on
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they have the right strength of prisms) but blurry or cover my one eye and see
very clear and bright but I would need to keep that eye covered because of the
prisms I need to not see double. - a pain. So-o-o I will see blurry for a while
til the other eye gets done – May 31. It could be a while before I get my new
prescription though.<br />
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