It’s still cold, but just in the twenties. The wind came up during the night but settled down again by morning. We got some very light snow this afternoon, but as I write this it hasn’t amounted to anything. With light winds, walking is a pleasure even though it is cold. Friday night, especially, was pleasant, because the sky was clear and the stars bright. 

I have to apologize - I clean forgot to mention the Naicam Cross-Country Ski Club’s annual Loppet, which was held yesterday. The day started out at –34°, but it was sunny and calm. Shirley Baker told me that despite the cold, they had 65 skiers register, and figure there must have been about twenty or more that came on the busses from Regina, went out skiing, but didn’t register. Not bad! A hardy bunch!

I went over to the trail head to get a photo or two; I asked one young lady if she found it cold and she said, “It was when we started out this morning, but now it’s only about –18°!” Rob Howse was there; he had just come in and was warming up his car; then he took off to do another fifteen kms. He made a point of telling me some of the skiers were in their seventies - I wonder if he was telling me something? I tried the skis once this winter, but I still can’t stand up in the damned things!

The snowmobilers haven’t been deterred by the cold - there were a dozen or more machines in the Cove parking lot, and we have heard them running back and forth. The groomer grooms the boulevard in front of our place as part of the snowmobile trail, so we know when there’s any activity.

We went out to Alberta a week ago last Thursday, intending to stay a few days and be back the middle of last week. Somehow or other, we got doing this and that and didn’t leave Beiseker until last Thursday. We bought Sandy and Blaine’s motor home and brought it back. It is five years newer than ours, yet had less than 40,000 kms on it, and is in showroom condition. We took our old one to Watrous and put it in Success RV’s lot for sale. Now we can hardly wait for the touring season!

I was surprised to see it was about –26° when we got home, yet I had the heater fan on low and was quite comfortable. Not a bad heater for a summertime vehicle!

Last week, I said that Doreen had to wait two months for her bone scan. She tells me that is not correct - she had to wait a year!