This had been planned long before my unemployment, so it would be hard to justify doing these things now. Yesterday, I went whitewater rafting on the Kananaskis river. That was loads of fun. The weather was slightly overcast, so I worried about being cold; especially with glacier water. But when you are paddling you keep warm enough.
Immediately afterwards there was the drive home. On the way we stopped off at Big Hill Springs Provincial Park. I had always been interested in it, because it has a beautiful valley entrance that entices me when I drive past. This time, since we had the time, we stopped off. It was gorgeous. The lower parts looked like a fairly tale. In a movie I would expect little woodland creatures to be frolicking about. If you have the time, stop off there for at least half an hour. Do the small hike and take lots of pictures.
We got back late on Friday evening, which made getting up on Saturday hard. We couldn’t linger in bed, because we had to go do the Color-Me-Rad run. I’m of mixed feeling about it. I saw a lot of opportunities where the event was trying to milk me for money (especially with their convoluted parking scheme, in collusion with the Northlands) but the event itself was fun. I got sprayed with all sorts of color. At one time in the face, by request, which caused me to lose sight in one eye, until I could get my sunglasses cleaned.
At the end we were a rainbow of spectrum.
Instead of getting cleaned up, we went to the Whyte Avenue artwalk. We fit in well, and got lots of compliments. There were a few other post-racers there. Solidarity!