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Delta, British Columbia, Canada
I took very early retirement from teaching in '06 and did some traveling in Europe and the UK before settling down to do some private tutoring. As a voracious reader, I have many books waiting in line for me to read. Tell me I shouldn't read something, and I will. I'm a happy, optimistic person and I love to travel and through that believe that life can be a continuous learning experience. I'm looking forward to traveling more some day. I enjoy walking, cycling, water aerobics & and sports like tennis, volleyball, and fastpitch/baseball. I'm just getting into photography as a hobby and I'm enjoying learning all the bits and bobs of my digital camera. My family is everything to me and I'm delighted to be the mother of two girls and the Gramma of a boy and a girl. I may be a Gramma, but I'm at heart just a girl who wants to have fun.

Friday, July 29, 2005

Childhood Memories

I just thought it would be nice to get away from the "romance, travel" mode for a bit and think back to when we were children. One of my fondest memories is when my family went camping in the Banff area (border between Alberta and BC). I was about 5 or 6 years old and loved to slide down the HUGE slide at the campsite. I slid all afternoon and literally wore a hole in my pants. Then, that night, a bear came into the campsite. My Dad (macho man) took a broom and chased it out of the area. Through the canvas of the tent, we could see the shadows of the bear with my Dad chasing and yelling at it. Another summer when I was about 8, we camped at Wasa Lake in BC (hot! hot! hot!) and spent most of the days in the lake floating to stay cool. In the early evenings, we read comic books like Little Lulu and Archie and Veronica, and then we roasted marshmallows on an open fire. Good memories. Let's hear yours.

Leslie

2 comments:

Leslie: said...

Thanks Happy for your input. Sounds like the city mouse and the country mouse story. I remember when I was 10, I spent the summer at my aunt & uncle's place in Osoyoos, BC (desert area). They had an orchard and I learned how to drive the tractor with all its levers and we picked peaches, plums, and apricots. My aunt warned me about the snakes so I was very vigilant - I have a phobia. It was a great summer working/playing in the orchard, swimming & water skiing on the lake, horseback riding, bbquing, ice cream, parties, etc. So different from my suburban life. It's amazing what comes back when we stop to remember.

Leslie: said...

Happy - yep! the south central portion of BC that we call the Okanagan region is actually desert, believe it or not. It is lush and green because of all the orchards with irrigation. And there are multi rattlers out there in them thar hills. Also in the hills of the Cariboo. There are also some huge black things that eat the rattlers. Eewww - not good for someone like me with a phobia. Ah is a city girl me thinks.